Archaeology Notes

Event ID 747005

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM74NE 2 centred 765 478

Copper was mined and smelted in the 18th century at NM 765 478 where spoil heaps and a water-filled shaft are visible and slag is found. The mine appears to have been in use at the time of Roy's survey (1747-55) but abandoned by 1794.

P Gaskell 1968

NM 7627 4764. Circular mound 10m in diameter, possibly associated with old mine workings.

Visited by OS Field Reviser (J Ashford) May 1973.