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Mary Colliery winding gear head frame is a mining industrial structure located 775 metres north-west of Lochore Castle in Fife, Scotland. The monument stands above bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period, geological strata that characterise Scotland's principal coal-bearing deposits. This geological foundation made the site valuable for commercial coal extraction during the industrial era.
The winding gear head frame represents the mechanical infrastructure essential to deep mine operation, used to raise and lower men, coal and equipment through the mineshaft. Such structures became characteristic features of the Scottish coalfield landscape from the nineteenth century onwards. The frame's survival near the ruins of the medieval Lochore Castle creates a striking juxtaposition of two distinct periods of human activity at this location.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9016, recognising its significance as a record of Fife's industrial heritage and engineering practice. The site's landscape preserves evidence of the region's transition from feudal to industrial economy, with the colliery infrastructure marking the intensive exploitation of geological resources that transformed rural Fife during the modern period.
Mary Colliery winding gear head frame, 775m NW of Lochore Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9016. View the official record →
Mary Colliery winding gear head frame is a mining industrial structure located 775 metres north-west of Lochore Castle in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9016.
Mary Colliery winding gear head frame, 775m NW of Lochore Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a 775m nw of lochore castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mary Colliery winding gear head frame, 775m NW of Lochore Castle 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 SM9016.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lochore Castle (0.8 km), Clune Craig, hut-circles and enclosures (1.2 km), Cumbrae House, ring-ditches 200m NNE of (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Mary Colliery winding gear head frame, 775m NW of Lochore Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Mary Colliery winding gear head frame, 775m NW of Lochore Castle stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.