Monument record 7869/6/0 - Coal Dips and Spoil Heaps West of Mount Pleasant Road

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2015, Staffordshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Gnosall, Kidsgrove and Talke, 1593245 (Digital Archive). SCH9202.

A number of small post medieval collieries are visible as earthworks on air photographs centred at SJ 8465 5676. The collieries are comprised of shafts, associated shaft mounds, an extractive pit, spoil heaps, a pond and several trackways. The earthworks were mapped as part of the Staffordshire National Mapping Programme Project and are depicted on historic Ordnance Survey mapping. Elements of the earthworks are extant on the latest 2010 vertical photography (see 2 & 3).

<2> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, RAF/CPE/UK/1935 FS 2419, 17/01/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ8456, 11/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts two features including a short linear depression, labelled Dip (Coal).

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The features visible on the 1909 map (see 4) are not depicted on this map.