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Cleugh House Bell Pits and Inclined Plane is a scheduled monument in Lanarkshire that preserves evidence of coal extraction methods employed during the industrial development of central Scotland. Located 130 metres south-southwest of Cleugh House, the site comprises shallow bell-shaped mine workings and an inclined plane, characteristic features of early coal mining before the adoption of deeper vertical shaft technology. The bell pits represent the simplest form of coal extraction, where miners sank narrow shafts and then expanded chambers laterally at depth to reach seams with minimum sinking.
The monument sits above bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Westphalian sedimentary formations rich in coal seams that were extensively worked across Lanarkshire from the medieval period onwards. The presence of an inclined plane indicates a later phase of development, when gravity-assisted systems were introduced to transport coal from the workings to the surface or towards processing and distribution points.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM11234, recognising its value in illustrating the technological transition in Scottish coal mining and the landscape-scale extraction patterns that characterised the region's industrial heritage.
Cleugh House, bell pits and inclined plane 130m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11234. View the official record →
Cleugh House Bell Pits and Inclined Plane is a scheduled monument in Lanarkshire that preserves evidence of coal extraction methods employed during the industrial development of central Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11234.
Cleugh House, bell pits and inclined plane 130m SSW of 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 SM11234.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Couthally Castle,Carnwath (6.1 km), Calla,broch 650m S of (6.4 km), Calla Doone, hut-circle 500m ESE of (7 km).
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Cleugh House, bell pits and inclined plane 130m SSW of stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.