Summary
Gill's Stage, is cut into rock outcrop in the side of Newhouse Gill.
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Monument Types
- SPOIL HEAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GRAPHITE MINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Description
Gill's Stage, like the New Level trial (20118*6), is cut into rock outcrop in the side of Newhouse Gill. The spoilheap is therefore a short distance from where the main adit comes to the surface along a trackway 2.4m wide, curving around the slope, that is cut out of the rock. The top of the spoilheap is 6.6m by 7.2m; most of the waste material in it is small but there are some large boulders with shot holes in them in the bottom of the gill. There are two adits, the first of which is situated 13m from the spoilheap. This may be a trial, referred to by Ian Tyler (Tyler, I. 1995, 157), made a few years before Gill's was begun in 1832. Its entrance is 1.6m high and 0.6m wide but the interior immediately broadens out into a cavern that does not extend far beyond the entrance. The second, main adit is a further 7m away from the spoilheap and is clear of debris. Its entrance is 1.3m wide and 1.6m high (Lax, A. 1995).
References
- SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007. Historic Landscape Survey of Borrowdale, Cumbria.
- SZI7756 - Monograph: I Tyler. 1995. Seathwaite Wad.
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