Mine/Adit, Spoilheap & Ditch, Borrowdale

Record ID:  25604 / MNA118998
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: Scheduled Monument, World Heritage Site
NT Property:  Borrowdale; North
Civil Parish:  Borrowdale; Allerdale; Cumbria
Grid Reference:  NY 229 129
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Summary

Immediately northwest of this is a larger spoilheap 5.0m wide on top and 3.6m high. There is a slight ditch around its northwestern perimeter which has probably been caused by water draining from the accompanying adit.

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Monument Types

  • DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • 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

Immediately northwest of this is a larger spoilheap 5.0m wide on top and 3.6m high. There is a slight ditch around its northwestern perimeter which has probably been caused by water draining from the accompanying adit. The adit is 3.1m wide and 0.9m deep and is partly overlain by the later spoilheap (20118*35) of an adit following the same course (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  • SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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