Upper Wadhole, Adit/Mine Spoilheap, Borrowdale

Record ID:  25586 / MNA115763
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: Scheduled Monument, World Heritage Site
NT Property:  Borrowdale; North
Civil Parish:  Borrowdale; Allerdale; Cumbria
Grid Reference:  NY 230 128
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Summary

Directly below the Upper Wadhole is a large spoilheap which is overlain by a series of much smaller spoilheaps along the side of the Wadhole. The platform is 20m long and 5.2m wide and is 14.1m high.

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Monument Types

  • SPOIL HEAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

Directly below the Upper Wadhole (20118*15) is a large spoilheap which is overlain by a series of much smaller spoilheaps along the side of the Wadhole. The platform is 20m long and 5.2m wide and is 14.1m high. The northwestern edge of the spoilheap, adjacent to the gill, is interrupted by a small triangular platform, 2.4m wide maximum. At one side of the smaller platform is an L-shaped section of wall, 3.3m by 1.8m and 0.2m high; any other part of the structure it belonged to has been obscured by tumble. Part of the side of the gill beside the building has been revetted (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  • SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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