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Steelend, Saline, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 04640 93040 |
| WGS84: | 56.12054, -3.53538 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 240 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mines (coal & ironstone), sites of.
Coal mine adit marked on geol. survey map. Followed the Upper (or Four Foot) Coal seam. Shows air shaft at NT 04640 93050, whilst the 1855 6" OS map marks Old Pit (Ironstone) just uphill of the coal mine. 2nd ed. OS maps show N-S trending track down to the main road (B914), via what would become Pit No.2.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: See 'Saline Valley Colliery Pit No.1' [Site 7444] for Steelend mines overview.
8 fig. coordinates for location of (buried) adit, determined using OS georeferencing tool (geol. survey map).
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This entry was last updated: 2025-06-11 07:23:32
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