2016
NS2703 : Burninghill Wood Colliery Site
taken 8 years ago, near to Wallacetown, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Burninghill Wood Colliery Site
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
NS2905.
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