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Monument record MDR12050 - Castledge Colliery - coal mine shafts, Goyt Forest, Hartington Upper Quarter

Type and Period (1)

  • (Victorian to Mid 20th Century - 1850 AD to 1950 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

On the slope above the stream are five bell pits dug into the Simmondley coal seam. When the first workings were undertaken is not clear, but this is likely to have been at the end of the 18th or early 19th centuries. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Barnatt, J (PDNPA). 1994. The Goyt Valley, Hartington Upper Quarter, Derbyshire, archaeological survey, 1994. 148. p 37.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 0028 7411 (112m by 144m)
Civil Parish HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR3759

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2015 2:17PM

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