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St Mungo's Pit is a coal shaft located 80 metres east of Cherry Tree Cottage in Fife, Scotland. The monument sits above bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, a Westphalian-age sedimentary formation that contains the coal seams which fuelled Scotland's industrial economy. These rock cycles, laid down in the Carboniferous period under ancient deltaic conditions, made this locality attractive for extraction during the era of intensive Scottish coal mining.
The shaft represents the infrastructure of coal working that transformed the Fife landscape from the 18th century onwards. Pits such as this tapped into the economically valuable seams within the Clackmannan Group strata, contributing to the region's development as a major coalfield. The positioning of the shaft in relation to Cherry Tree Cottage reflects the proximity of mining activity to rural settlements in the colliery districts.
St Mungo's Pit is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13798, recognising its importance to the industrial and cultural heritage of Fife. The site survives as physical evidence of the coal extraction methods and landscape exploitation that characterised Scotland's Carboniferous mineral wealth.
St Mungo's Pit, coal shaft, 80m E of Cherry Tree Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13798. View the official record →
St Mungo's Pit is a coal shaft located 80 metres east of Cherry Tree Cottage in Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13798.
St Mungo's Pit, coal shaft, 80m E of Cherry Tree Cottage 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 SM13798.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Avondale House,palisaded enclosure 630m S of (8.2 km), Myrehead,enclosure 750m NE of (8.2 km), Antonine Wall, The Bungalow, Roman camp 380m W of (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of St Mungo's Pit, coal shaft, 80m E of Cherry Tree Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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St Mungo's Pit, coal shaft, 80m E of Cherry Tree Cottage stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.