Castlehill Mine
Location type
MineName and dates
Castlehill Mine (1969-1998)| Nearby stations Bogside Fife East Grange Culross [2nd] Culross [1st] Forest Mill Kilbagie Oakley (Fife) Kincardine Torryburn Clackmannan Road Clackmannan and Kennet Cairneyhill Dollar Bo^ness [1st] Kinneil | Bogside Colliery Devilla Sand Quarry Ironstone Pit Ironstone Pit No 16 Slack Siding Comrie Colliery Blairhall Colliery Ironstone Pit No 15 Comrie Dean Viaduct Ironstone Pit No 12 Blairhall Junction Ironstone Pit No 14 Ironstone Pit No 13 Tourist/other MOD Depot? Comrie Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1962 | South of Scotland Electricity Board Longannet Power Station planned by South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB). The National Coal Board (NCB) plans to supply it from Bogside Colliery No 3, Castlehill Mine and Solsgirth Colliery via Longannet Mine at the power station. Longannet will be connected to Solsgirth by a five mile underground conveyor. |
| / /1964 | National Coal Board Construction begins of drift mines to supply the new Longannet Power Station. Longannet Mine (where coal was brought to the surface), a new Bogside Mine (No 3), Castlehill Mine and Solsgirth Mine. The mines will work the Upper Hirst seam. |
| / /1970 | National Coal Board The two drifts of Castlehill Mine, of the Longannet Mine complex, in production. |
