Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Heritage site on the Corniche Angevine bearing a reconstructed wooden headframe above the sealed shaft of the last coal mine in the Basse-Loire coalfield, closed in 1964.

Former anthracite mine at Prunières with the surviving metal headframe of the puits des Rioux, conserved and labelled Patrimoine en Isère.

Inscribed coal mine tower and baths building at Rive-de-Gier, now surrounded by residential development, with the Combélibert wooden headframe relocated to the site.

Distinctive double-headframe coal mine structure at Le Chambon-Feugerolles, preserved as a landmark on a roundabout after all surrounding pit buildings were demolished.

Preserved metallic headframe of the puits Durand, the sole surviving headframe in the Graissessac coalfield, standing at Camplong in the Hérault.

Former Cévennes coalfield headframe and engine house, surviving in a zone artisanale on the former Ladrecht colliery site.

Surviving 1947 steel headframe of the puits Gérard at Mimet, the last major colliery shaft of the Provence lignite basin before the Grand Ensemble shafts, preserved at the foot of the village after closure in 2003.

Former asphalte mine at Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan retaining the puits Goldney headframe, recette, engine house, and ancillary buildings, acquired by the commune pending valorisation.

Former Provençal colliery at Gréasque with the preserved puits Hély d'Oissel headframe inscribed as monument historique, now open as the Pôle Historique Minier museum.

Former tungsten and tin mine at Luitré-Dompierre retaining its headframe on the hill of Montbelleux, managed by the association Mémoire de la Mine de Montbelleux.