Summary
Situated in the slack between the two ridges of rock are two other main adits (20118*40-41). The spoilheap of (20118*40) is 18.5m at its widest and 2.4m high.
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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
Situated in the slack between the two ridges of rock are two other main adits (20118*40-41). The spoilheap of (20118*40) is 18.5m at its widest and 2.4m high. There is a later deposit of spoil overlying the main platform which is 5.5m wide and 0.4m high. The adit is only slightly curved; it measures 4.2m wide and is 1m deep. The interior of the adit is still visible through a hole at the end. At the foot of natural slope, beside the front of the adit is a square stone hut consisting of two parallel walls butting against the rock outcrop. Internally it measures 1.1m by 2.15m and the walls survive to maximum height of 1.5m. The edge of the other spoilheap, which is 17.7m by 13.1m across the top and 2.6m high, lies beneath (20118*41). A further deposit of spoil has been left on either side of the platform but these are not more than 0.3m deep. Its accompanying adit is angled and measures 5.0m wide and is 1.1m deep. On the southwest side of the front of the adit is a small bank of spoil, 3.0m wide and 0.5m high. Ian Tyler (Tyler, I. 1995, 149) has identified (20118*40) as Moors Stage driven in 1830 and (20118*41) as Higher Stage driven in 1829; clearly this identification is in conflict with the archaeological evidence which shows that the spoilheap of (20118*41) was deposited later than (20118*40). Theoretically it is possible that (20118*41) was driven first but continued being worked after work at (20118*40) had ceased. However, this is also at odds with Ian Tyler's presentation of the documentary evidence which suggests the need for a second adit because the first was unsuccessful and had been abandoned (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- SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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