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Avonhead Colliery Miners' Row is a workers' housing settlement in Lanarkshire, Scotland, associated with coal mining operations in the region. The row represents the characteristic form of accommodation provided for colliery workers during the industrial expansion of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when coal extraction was central to the Scottish economy. Such miners' rows were typically constructed by colliery owners or operators to house their workforce in close proximity to the pit heads, forming distinct communities centred on extractive industry. The settlement survives as physical evidence of the social and economic structures that governed mining communities in the industrial Central Belt.
Avonhead Colliery, miners' row is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9677. View the official record →
Avonhead Colliery Miners' Row is a workers' housing settlement in Lanarkshire, Scotland, associated with coal mining operations in the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9677.
Avonhead Colliery, miners' row is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM9677.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Avonhead Colliery (0.7 km), Thieves Hill, deserted settlement 400m E of (3.5 km), Drumfin, deserted settlement 200m W of (3.7 km).
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