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How to explore responsiblyWhat the official index records
Historic Environment Scotland — NRHE records this location as COLLIERY INSTITUTE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED). Our atlas groups it under industrial relics using that source wording.
Coaltown Of Balgonie, Miner Welfare Institute is recorded by Historic Environment Scotland under reference 110470. The supplied index identifies COLLIERY INSTITUTE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED). Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.
Record details
- Category
- Industrial relics
- Source classification
- COLLIERY INSTITUTE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)
- Period / construction dates
- PERIOD UNASSIGNED
- Current condition
- Not verified
- Designation
- Not supplied in this source
- Designation date
- Not supplied
- Nearest reference town
- Kirkcaldy (approximate)
- County / historic source county
- FIFE
- County or local authority (ONS)
- Fife
- Nation
- Scotland
- Source record ID
- 110470
- Coordinates
- 56.184875, -3.12709 (reference point, not an entrance)
- Index checked
- 2026-09-13
- Source last updated
- 2001-07-05
- Published access reviewed
- Not yet verified
Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.