Overview
Stonyburn Colliery is recorded as Colliery (period Unassigned), Engine House (period Unassigned) in Scotland West Lothian. It is an industrial work place tied to making, mining or processing.
What this place is
The official record identifies Stonyburn Colliery as Colliery (period Unassigned), Engine House (period Unassigned) and ties that description to this exact place. It does not supply a complete secure date beyond the period in the saved type.
People and events
The safest reading of the exact type is an industrial work place tied to making, mining or processing. The record does not name every person who built, used or changed it, so those names are not invented.
How it was used
The label Colliery (period Unassigned), Engine House (period Unassigned) gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it Colliery (period Unassigned), Engine House (period Unassigned). It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Stonyburn Colliery matters because the national record fixes a colliery (period unassigned) at this exact place. That gives the local landscape evidence of worship, learning, care, housing, public life or work without claiming an unsupported event or owner.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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