MEM15349 - Chargot Wood adit (Monument)

Summary

One of two adits associated with the earliest commercial mining in Chargot Wood. The adit is blocked by a forestry track.

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Type and Period (1)

ADIT (AD 19th Century to AD 20th Century - 1839 AD to 1900 AD? (Unclassified))

Protected Status

Principal Archaeological Landscape 44: West Somerset Mineral Railway and associated mineworkings

Full Description

An adit, one of two associated with the first commercial extraction in Chargot Wood, is located at circa SS 97473573. The adit was blocked or obscured by the construction of a forestry track circa 1970. [1] Sir Thomas Lethbridge opened an adit at circa SS 97473573 in 1839. [2]

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SEM7005 Report: Jones, M.H.. 1995. Report on Proposed Low-Key Visitor Access to Industrial Sites on the Brendon Hills. P.15.
<2> SEM7007 Report: Jones, M.. The Brendon Hills Iron Mines. P.1.

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Local List Status (Unassessed)
National Park: Exmoor National Park

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Grid reference	SS 9747 3572 (point) (Approximate)
Map sheet	SS93NE
Civil Parish	LUXBOROUGH, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Mar 20 2014 3:25PM

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