Mine/Adit & 2 Spoilheaps, Derwentwater, Borrowdale

Record ID:  25626 / MNA116100
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: World Heritage Site
NT Property:  Borrowdale; North
Civil Parish:  Borrowdale; Allerdale; Cumbria
Grid Reference:  NY 227 131
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Summary

There are two spoilheaps, side by side, which, like some of the others, have been driven into slope.

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Monument Types

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

Description

One of these has a pair of adjoining spoilheaps; their relationship is unclear. The one directly outside the adit is the smaller and less prominent of the two, measuring 6.0m across and 0.6m high. Although it is turf covered there are some large stones protruding from the front of it. The other platform does not have an even top but has a ridge running around its outer edge. The spoilheap is 8.4m wide and 0.6m high. The adit is 2.9m wide and between 0.6m and 1.0m deep (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  • SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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