Wheel Pit near Mill at Seathwaite Wad Mine, Borrowdale

Record ID:  25637 / MNA115265
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: Scheduled Monument, World Heritage Site
NT Property:  Borrowdale; North
Civil Parish:  Borrowdale; Allerdale; Cumbria
Grid Reference:  NY 2333 1227
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Summary

The wheel pit, is 19.7m long and 6.4m wide from top to top and is 1.3m deep below the base of the stone remains of the mill building. There is a rough cobble revetment wall 1.8m long on the side adjacent to the mill (Lax, A. 1995).

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Monument Types

  • WHEEL PIT (Late 19th C - 1887 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

The wheel pit, is 19.7m long and 6.4m wide from top to top and is 1.3m deep below the base of the stone remains of the mill building. There is a rough cobble revetment wall 1.8m long on the side adjacent to the mill (Lax, A. 1995).

References

  • SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007. Historic Landscape Survey of Borrowdale, Cumbria.

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Other Statuses and References

None Recorded

Associated Events

  • ENA4020 - Field Survey, Historic Landscape Survey of Borrowdale, Cumbria

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

  • Related to: Graphite (Wad) Mine on Seathwaite Farm, Borrowdale (Monument) - 20118 / MNA119961