Old Coal Pit
Old Coal Pit is a mine in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Old Coal Pit is situated nearby to the historic site Devon Iron Works, as well as near the village Fishcross.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sauchie Tower and Alloa Tower.
Sauchie Tower
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sauchie Tower, also known as Devon Tower, is a 15th-century tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower is located by the village of Fishcross, 1 kilometre north of Sauchie and 2.5 kilometres north of Alloa, close to the River Devon. Sauchie Tower is situated 1,800 feet west of Old Coal Pit.
Alloa Tower
Museum
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland, is an early 14th-century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar. Alloa Tower is situated 2 miles south of Old Coal Pit.
Alva Academy
School
Alva Academy is a six-year comprehensive school serving the towns and villages of Alva, Menstrie, Tillicoultry, Coalsnaughton, Devonside, Dollar and Muckhart, all in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Alva Academy is situated 1 mile northwest of Old Coal Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fishcross and Sauchie.
Fishcross
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fishcross is a small village in Clackmannanshire in central Scotland, situated to the north of Sauchie at a crossroads just south of Tillicoultry. Formerly a mining village, the population is 484 as at 2003.
Sauchie
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sauchie is a town in Clackmannanshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth and south of the Ochil Hills, approximately 1 mile north-east of Alloa.
Coalsnaughton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coalsnaughton or Calabar is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is just south of Tillicoultry, in whose parish the village lies. The miners' row was built by Robert Bald.
Old Coal Pit
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.14199° or 56° 8′ 31″ northLongitude
-3.7689° or 3° 46′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C8R46RJ+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4771240669OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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