Monument record 14027 - Colliery West of Pott Mill Farm

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Summary

An area of bell pits and their associated spoil heaps and access tracks surviving as earthworks. The bell pits were probably excavated to extract shallow coal deposits in this area. The shaft was dug to the level of the coal, which was them extracted by cutting out from the base of the shaft and hand winched to the surface. Typically no supports (props) were used, which limited the depth and the extent of the workings. Therefore it is quite typical to encounter sequences of bell pits which follow the line of the coal seam. This method of mining coal was in use from the medieval period till at least the eighteenth century.

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<1> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1988/2/1/18 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.

<2> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1598136 & 1598139 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

A post medieval coal mining site is visible as a group of earthwork shafts, spoil heaps and associated trackways and tramways on lidar imagery and vertical aerial photography. Though some of the features are obscured by tree cover on the latest 2010 vertical photography and at least one mound has been levelled, it appears that the rest of the site remains extant. An embanked trackway, also surviving as an earthwork, appears to be associated with the site (see 3, 4 & 5).

<3> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, SJ9579, First Return, 19-22/04/2006 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs, OS/65133 V 0153 17/07/1965 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8310.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ9579 17/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Higham N J. 1984-9. Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs. N/A. N/A. 1988/2/1/18.
  • <2> Digital Archive: Historic England & Archaeological Research Services. 2017. Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley. N/A. 1598136 & 1598139.
  • <3> Digital Archive: Environment Agency. 2003-2020. Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys. N/A. SJ9579, First Return, 19-22/04/2006.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. N/A. N/A. OS/65133 V 0153 17/07/1965.
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010). N/A. SJ9579 17/10/2010.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 951 794 (487m by 215m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ97NE
Civil Parish POTT SHRIGLEY, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County POTT SHRIGLEY, PRESTBURY, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 31 2021 11:42AM