Summary
Spoilheap is 9.7m across and 3.9m high. The adit is 3.9m wide at the front and 1m deep.
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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
The adit (20118*34) is 3.1m wide and 0.9m deep and is partly overlain by the later spoilheap (20118*35) of an adit (20118*35) following the same course. This spoilheap is 9.7m across and 3.9m high. The adit is 3.9m wide at the front and 1m deep. At its northwestern end a hollow in the side of the adit suggests that the ground has collapsed over a turn westwards. However, the straight course appears to continue briefly as a shallow trench. On the northeastern side of the adit are the possible remains of a building; there is a rectangular hollow, 2.0m wide and 0.7m deep filled with rubble with the remains of a wall on the southwestern side. Beside the western side of the spoilheap is a separate circular scoop into the slope 3.1m by 2.7m and a maximum of 1.2m deep. It has a lip of spoil at its front 2.7m wide overall (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- SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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