MEM22283 - Post-medieval quarries north of Beerland Barn (Monument)

Two old quarries are marked on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map. [1] Only the easternmost quarry appears on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map. [2] The quarries are to either side of an adit (MSO10370) and the eastern quarry is at the north end of a proposed trackway (MMO1182). [3] Iron ore extraction of unkown date in the form of an openwork, 50 metres long and 5 metres deep, centred at SS 9677 3592. To the north, at SS 9680 3595 is a massive quarry-like approximately 9 metres deep. These features lie in dense forestry plantations; they are depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey mapping of 1889. To the east within a narrow combe at SS 9687 3595 is a rock cut adit which still issues water. Below are the very disturbed remains of a spoil heap. [4] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [5]