Summary
At foot of the natural slope is a large flat spoilheap 15.2m by 11.3m and 4.3m high. Cut into the base of the slope at the rear of the spoilheap is a circular pit, 5.0m by 3.9m and 1.2m deep.
Identification Images (0)
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
Sites 20118*43+ all the adits are aligned southwest - northeast. This seems to reflect the topography rather than the geology since all the adits are driven into the natural slopes, across the contour.
At foot of the natural slope is a large flat spoilheap 15.2m by 11.3m and 4.3m high. Cut into the base of the slope at the rear of the spoilheap is a circular pit, 5.0m by 3.9m and 1.2m deep. There is a small channel leading from it which suggests that it may be the remains of a collapsed adit rather than a shaft but this identification is uncertain (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- SNA61977 - Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology North. 2007.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