Mary Colliery No.2 Pit Winding Gear

Mary Colliery No.2 Pit Winding Gear is a historic building in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Mary Colliery No.2 Pit Winding Gear is situated near the forest Mary Pit Wood, as well as near the deciduous forest Inchgall Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Loch Ore and Lochore Castle.

Loch Ore

Park

Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Ore is a loch situated in Fife, Scotland. It forms the core of Lochore Meadows Country Park. It is used mainly for leisure purposes, especially yachting, although the uneven depth can make speed boating problematic. Loch Ore is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Mary Colliery No.2 Pit Winding Gear.

Lochore Castle

Ruins

Photo: Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain.

Lochore Castle is a ruined 14th-century tower house, about 3 miles south east of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, and south of Lochore, east of Loch Ore, in Lochore Country Park. Lochore Castle is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Mary Colliery No.2 Pit Winding Gear.

Benarty Hill

Peak

Photo: Viewfinder, Public domain.

Benarty Hill, locally simply Benarty, rises above and to the west of Ballingry, in the west of Fife, Scotland. The summit ridge, known as Mulla Craig, forms the boundary with Perth and Kinross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshill and Lochore.

Crosshill

Village

Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crosshill is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated just south of Lochore and east of Loch Ore.

Lochore

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochore is a former mining village in Fife, Scotland. It takes its name from the nearby Loch Ore. It is largely joined to the adjacent villages of Ballingry to the north and Crosshill to the south.

Glencraig

Village

Glencraig is a very small former mining village in Scotland, situated in the Benarty area of Fife, between Crosshill and Lochgelly. The village's population has decreased significantly since the decline of the coal-mining industry during the 1970s and 1980s.

Mary Colliery No.2 Pit Winding Gear

Type: Historic building
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.15376° or 56° 9′ 14″ north

Longitude

-3.33716° or 3° 20′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C8R5M37+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 119132655

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mary Pit Wood and Inchgall Wood.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lochore Meadows Main Car Park and Willie Clarke Centre.

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