Summary
A gully, 1.8m wide and 0.7m deep, leads into the Upper Wadhole; it may be the remians of another adit, the spoil from which has been thrown down the slope below.
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Monument Types
- SPOIL HEAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GRAPHITE MINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ADIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Description
A gully, 1.8m wide and 0.7m deep, leads into the Upper Wadhole; it may be the remians of another adit, the spoil from which has been thrown down the slope below. However the gully seems to follow the course of a larger, natural channel and may be evidence of hushing (Lax, A. 1995). Archaeological Comments - Site:20118*24 Although the use of hushing was recommended by the Commissioners of the Mines Royal on their first visit to the Seathwaite in 1555, there appears to be almost no evidence of it on the ground (except possibly 20118*24). Nor do there seem to be many substantial prospecting trenches (Lax, A. 1995).
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- SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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