Summary
The monument includes Borrowdale graphite mines together with the remains of all associated features including a grinding mill, sawpit, guardhouses, spoil heaps, trackways and three boundary stones. It is located at the south western end of Borrowdale valley, above the hamlet of Seathwaite, on the north western side of the valley
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Monument Types
- GRAPHITE MINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ADIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Description
The spoil (20118*28) has come from a curved adit 3.2m wide and a maximum of 1.0m deep, which is still partly open showing a water-filled interior. The adit has a shallow side trench on its northern side, 2.0m wide and 0.4m deep. A number of other adits displaying a curving or angular shape which is probably the collapsed course of the adit as it winds through the rock (Lax, A. 1995).
Associated with a nearby spoilheap (20118*28).
References
- SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007. Historic Landscape Survey of Borrowdale, Cumbria.
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