Monument record MHG10878 - Brora Colliery, Cavaig
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 8988 0399 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC80SE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NC80SE 44 8980 0400 (Grid reference corrected)
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See also:
NC90SW0029 - Salt Pans (Old)
NC90SW0052 - Salt Pans (New)
NC90SW0004 - Coal Shaft & Salt Pans
NC80SE0077 - Coal Shaft & Tramway, Inverbrora
NC80SE0078 - No 1 Colliery, Fascally
NC80SE0111 - Colliery Tramway, Fascally
NC80SE0110 - Clay Pits
NC80SE0052 - Brora Brickworks
NC80SE0109 - Colliery Monument
J Aitken : 4/2/2004
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Coal miners killed or died of injuries in Brora Coal Mine, Post 1855
See Assocs. Docs. File
J Aitken : 23/2/2004
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Fascally house and offices were demolished in 1981 and the whole industrial complex landscaped to provide a venue for a football and rugby pich, and changing rooms. Brora Heritage Centre was built at this location and houses dispalys on Brora's industrial past.
J Aitken : 19/2/2004
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The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900, p.122-145) - Sinclair B Calder, 1974
J Aitken : 19/2/2004
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(Location cited as 898 040). Brora Colliery. The first modern sinking was made in 1811-14, and from this date there survive the manager's house and offices. The pithead gear was demolished in 1970, but a square-section brick chimney escaped demolition.
J R Hume 1977.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2008 Text/Publication/Volume: Butt, J. 1967. The industrial archaeology of Scotland. 313.
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 311.
- --- SHG364 Text/Publication/Volume: Sinclair B Calder. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900).
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM