MEM15331 - Miners' cottages at Gupworthy Level (Monument)

Five miner's Cottages at Gupworthy Level, probably built by the Brendon Hills Mining Company. [1] The cottages are depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 1:2500 map of circa 1888. [2] The row is still partially extant on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map, though appears to have been shortened. [3] The ruins are probably those of seven cottages, constructed in 1852-1853. [4] A cottage which is shown on the OS 25"map, still survives in good condition with roof and walls intact but apparently not lived in. The other miners cottages, comprising a row of about five or six small buildings are now ruinous, although the stone walls, doors and dividing walls can be made out. The row is cut into the hillside. [5]