What is recorded here
Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery occupied the exact ground where the Dunbars once raised their tower, binding ancient stone to industrial hunger. On 7th September 1950, liquid peat and water burst through the coal seam, swallowing thirteen men while trapping one hundred and sixteen others in absolute darkness. Rescue workers fought the drowning earth for hours, pulling every remaining miner back into the light before the shift ended. The tragedy still shadows the fox hill, yet it also reveals the ferocious courage of those who refused to let the dark keep its victims.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery as Colliery (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
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Knockshinnoch Mining Disaster MemorialMemorial · 428 yd
Afton CemeteryCemetery (early 20th Century) · 671 yd
New Cumnock, New Cumnock MillGrist Mill (19th Century) · 1102 yd
New Cumnock, Afton Bridgend, Place of WorshipPlace of Worship (late 20th Century) · 1150 yd
New Cumnock, Cumnock CastleCastle (medieval), Moat (medieval) · 1638 yd
LanemarkColliery (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Hungry HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Ashmark HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Hare Hill Wind FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Glaisnock HillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.2 mi
Little Rigend, Waterhead CastleCastle (medieval), Date Stone (17th Century) · 4.3 mi