	Monktonhall Colliery	Index	Monktonhall Colliery

Monktonhall Colliery

Location:	5 miles [8 km] ESE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT321702, 55° 55' 15" N, 3° 5' 7" W
Opened:	1967
Closed:	1997
Sinking Started:	1954
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
Owners:	1967 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Auld, James, 12 Jun 1969, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Bartleman, Robert, 14 Sep 1967, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Drummond, William, 08 Mar 1978, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Gorman, William, 27 Mar 1993, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Henry, James, 31 Jan 1975, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Hirst, George, 03 Jun 1964, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Hutcheon, Alfred, 02 Jul 1964, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Morrison, Gerard, 10 May 1985, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Porteous, Robert, 19 Jun 1980, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Wilson, Charles, 20 Nov 1963, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]

						10 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Monktonhall Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Monktonhall Colliery

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