Pits and Spoilheap, Borrowdale

Record ID:  25619 / MNA118298
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: Scheduled Monument, World Heritage Site
NT Property:  Borrowdale; North
Civil Parish:  Borrowdale; Allerdale; Cumbria
Grid Reference:  NY 228 130
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Summary

The first of these is a pair of small pits which appear to be little more than hopeful surface digging. The south-eastern most of the two is 2m wide and 0.4m deep; the spoil from the hole is deposited by its side.

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Monument Types

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

Description

To the southwest of (20114*48), around the natural slope is a cluster of pits and spoilheaps (20118*49 & 20118*50). The first of these is a pair of small pits which appear to be little more than hopeful surface digging. The south-eastern most of the two is 2m wide and 0.4m deep; the spoil from the hole is deposited by its side. The other pit is half overlain by a spoilheap and is 2.3m wide and 0.6m deep; it has a small amount of spoil around it suggesting it is the remains of a shaft (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  • SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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