Burninghill Wood Colliery Site
Introduction
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Burninghill Wood Colliery Site
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 22 May 2016
The name Burninghill Wood comes from an incident in 1749 when a pit here collapsed and caught fire. The heat began to burn the surrounding coal leading to an underground fire that lasted into the 1880s. Steam and smoke were often seen at surface. Another part of the valley side, 2-3 miles away, is also called Burning Hill and marks the other end of the same incident. There’s still a smell of tar in Glenshalloch Wood in Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.293097
Longitude
-4.712471