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West Plean Colliery No.3 Pit coke ovens is a coke production plant situated in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4151. The site exploits the coal-bearing strata of the Clackmannan Group that underlie the landscape, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period when repeated cycles of deposition created productive coal seams. Coke ovens of this type became essential to Scottish industry from the nineteenth century onwards, converting coal into the smokeless fuel required for iron smelting and other industrial processes.
The West Plean installation represents the infrastructure of coal processing that transformed the regional economy and landscape. Coke ovens operated by heating coal in sealed chambers, driving off volatile compounds and leaving behind a porous, high-carbon residue ideal for blast furnaces. The physical remains at this site document the technological and industrial heritage of Stirlingshire's coalfield, part of the broader pattern of mineral extraction that characterised the Central Belt during the industrial era.
West Plean Colliery No.3 Pit,coke ovens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4151. View the official record →
West Plean Colliery No.3 Pit coke ovens is a coke production plant situated in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4151.
West Plean Colliery No.3 Pit,coke ovens 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 SM4151.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, 80m WSW of Seabegs Place (6.9 km), Antonine Wall, Milnquarter, Roman temporary camp 240m SE of (7 km), Antonine Wall, Seabegs Wood, rampart, ditch and Military Way (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of West Plean Colliery No.3 Pit,coke ovens's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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West Plean Colliery No.3 Pit,coke ovens stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.