Blairadam Forest ,Kelty, Scotland Ghost Photo I know many of you may have seen this ghost photo already but here is the story behind the photo Is it just the way the branches are arranged making a simulacrum. ?... Three enticing trails wind through Blairadam Wood, an attractive mix of mighty spruces and colourful beech woodland. William Adam, the noted Scottish architect, built Blairadam House here in the 1730s and landscaped the surrounding estate. He also built pits to extract coal. On dark evenings you might even glimpse a ghostly miner, or the fabled beast of Blairadam. scotland.forestry.gov.uk/ As with many areas in Fife, coal mining was important and the remains relating to various phases of extraction are to be found in the forest, coal mining remains ,one of the most interesting areas is a series of cuttings, spoilheaps and possible shafts associated with quarries where the Lochorny and Pieries burn join. Here, tramway rails were found amoungst rubble and the trees. North of the Kelty Burn was the site of Blairenbathie Colliery (late 19th/early 20th century), a series of brick and shuttered concrete foundations. Further south were the remains of a 1940s drift mine, Blairenbathie Surface Mine and its associated brick buildings Many pre-19th century coal mining remains can be found, most of these comprised post-medieval bell pits that are starting to collapse under the weight of growing trees. alderarchaeology.co.uk/ 2008 A ROSYTH dad dare not show his kids family snaps taken on a day out in Blairadam Forest since he says they reveal the ghost of an old miner. A ROSYTH man is in a state of shock after stumbling across what he believes is the ghost of an old miner while out walking with his family in Blairadam Forest, Kelty. John Wilson (32), a joiner, of Daniel Place, had the spooky experience while visiting the forest with his wife and three children when they stopped near an abandoned mine to take family photographs. Mr Wilson said, I put the pictures on the computer but never looked at them for a year. It was only when I went to sort them out a week ago that I noticed something odd. I went to crop the pictures to get rid of the rubbish and I noticed something odd in the tree line behind the kids. John is adamant that there was no-one else present at the time though does recall his dog was greatly agitated at nothing in particular, which at the time the family put down to an unseen rabbit in the bushes. He reckons the photos appear to reveal the presence of a long-deceased miner and, although not a big believer in the afterlife, what John saw in the photograph has certainly made him think twice. I think it looks like on old miner wearing a flat cap and an old coat. Im not a big believer in ghosts but I was going through my head trying to explain it and its all I think it could be. John is familiar with the area, having played there as a child and remembers vividly searching for the entrance to the mines which closed in the early 20th century. I used to stay in Kelty and spent a lot of time in those woods, he said. I know thats near where the old Blairenbathie mines used to be. I used to go looking for the entrance shaft when I was a kid and Im sure kids do the same these days. John is under strict instructions from his wife, Karen, to keep the photograph hidden from his three children, Holly (11), Derryn (5) and Kyle (3). My wife told me not to show it to the kids as it might scare them. They are still quite young to be dealing with such things. dunfermlinepress/news/roundup/articles/2008/ Photo 1 by John Wilson Photo 2 Coal has been worked in the Kelty area from the 1570s, when it is recorded that Lord William Douglas of Loch Leven was granted a Feu Charter to Kelty Heugh Colliery (in the Cocklaw estate) by the Commendator of Dunfermline Monastery. Documents indicate that this colliery was very old and had belonged to the Monastery for considerable time. The Blairenbathie area lying just to the north- west of Cocklaw was also extensively mined in earlier times from many small, shallow Blairenbathie pits or mines too numerous to identify all locations individually with any accuracy. A number Blairenbathie workings can be identified in some detail and these are represented in this entry. Photo 3 old surface Mine alderarchaeology.co.uk/
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:41:42 +0000
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