Torbanehill Coal Pit No.5

What the official index records

Historic Environment Scotland — NRHE records this location as COLLIERY (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), IRONSTONE MINE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED). Our atlas groups it under industrial relics using that source wording.

Torbanehill Coal Pit No.5 is recorded by Historic Environment Scotland under reference 100018. The supplied index identifies COLLIERY (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), IRONSTONE MINE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED). Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.

Record details

Category

Industrial relics

Source classification

COLLIERY (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), IRONSTONE MINE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)

Period / construction dates

PERIOD UNASSIGNED

Current condition

Not verified

Designation

Not supplied in this source

Designation date

Not supplied

Nearest reference town

Livingston (approximate)

County / historic source county

WEST LOTHIAN

County or local authority (ONS)

West Lothian

Nation

Scotland

Source record ID

100018

Coordinates

55.878577, -3.664888 (reference point, not an entrance)

Index checked

2026-09-13

Source last updated

2002-04-30

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.