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East Sunnybraes

Steelend, Saline, Fife.

NGR:NT 04288 92920
WGS84:56.11939, -3.54100
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:236 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Old Shaft (19th Century), abandoned.

Fenced off, with tree growing from within depression. Not shown on 1855 OS map, but marked as 'old shaft' on 1896 edition.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Surface expression visible on satellite imagery. Shown on current OS map as 'Shaft (dis)', and 1896 OS map as 'Old Shaft', but absent from 1856 editions which shows no features other than East Sunnybraes building (lost).

Coordinates determined using Pastmap.

See 'Saline Valley Colliery Pit No.1' [Site 7444] for Steelend mines overview.

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This entry was last updated: 2025-06-11 07:29:31

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