Papers on Mining in Scotland, 18th and 19th centuries 1758-1831

Raspe R. E.

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Dirom A.

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Hörner, Johannes, 1972-

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Raspe, R. E; Dirom, A; Horner, J.

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The monks of Newbattle Abbey in Midlothian have been credited with starting the first coal mine in Scotland in the 13th century, and coal fields in the east of Scotland generally - in Fife and Midlothian - were the first to gain importance in the country. Mining was conducted with a scatter of bell pits and with primitive technology, an exception being the workings at Culross in Fife. There, from 1617 the colliery of George Bruce may have been the first to use a wheel mechanism for ...