Frances Colliery headframe, Kirkcaldy
One of two pits on the edge of the Forth (the other being Seafield), Frances had a commanding position at the eastern end of Dysart. Sunk in the mid 1800's, it closed following the 1984 Miner's Strike. Although there were plans to resurrect the pit in the early 1990s, it having been kept 'open' on a care and maintenance basis since the strike, it was eventually decommissioned with the buildings and infrastructure subsequently demolished. The headframe has been retained, like that within Lochore Meadows, to recognise the importance of coal mining as a way of life in many parts of Fife.
Frances Colliery headframe, Kirkcaldy
One of two pits on the edge of the Forth (the other being Seafield), Frances had a commanding position at the eastern end of Dysart. Sunk in the mid 1800's, it closed following the 1984 Miner's Strike. Although there were plans to resurrect the pit in the early 1990s, it having been kept 'open' on a care and maintenance basis since the strike, it was eventually decommissioned with the buildings and infrastructure subsequently demolished. The headframe has been retained, like that within Lochore Meadows, to recognise the importance of coal mining as a way of life in many parts of Fife.