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Frances Pit headframe

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What is recorded here

Frances Pit headframe is the preserved headframe from Frances Colliery, kept as a monument to coal mining around Dysart. It gives a large physical scale to work that took place mainly underground and remembers an industry that shaped nearby communities

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Frances Pit headframe is the preserved headframe from Frances Colliery, kept as a monument to coal mining around Dysart. It gives a large physical scale to work that took place mainly underground and remembers an industry that shaped nearby communities

What it is

is the preserved headframe from Frances Colliery, kept as a monument to coal mining around Dysart

Who made and used it

Miners and winding-engine workers used the structure to move people, coal and equipment between the surface and deep workings

Why it is rare

Most colliery buildings disappeared after closure, making the retained steel frame a rare local landmark

What survives

The metal headframe, wheels, supports, plaques and position within the former mining district remain

Why it mattered

It gives a large physical scale to work that took place mainly underground and remembers an industry that shaped nearby communities

Sources for this account

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

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  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mat Fascione, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Lis Burke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ian Calderwood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Sutcliffe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bill Kasman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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