Monument record 1446/21/1 - Finlow Hill Opencast Mine and Shafts

<1> 1998, Alderley Edge Landscape Project Archive, 209 (Unpublished Report). SCH4334.

Finlow Hill Mine openwork and shafts. An opencut and shafts sunk around 1810 to 1820 over a ten to twenty metre stretch of the fault. Largely back filled and covered over. Following recent excavation there is access via a concrete cap and lid. The workings within are solely hand-cut from work with wedge and pick.

<2> Timberlake, S. and Prag, A.J.N.W., 2005, The Archaeology of Alderley Edge, Plate 17 (Book). SCH4769.

<3> National Trust, Various, National Trust Heritage Records Online, 57868 (Web Site). SCH8712.

'...Opencut and, to the east, a shaft, belonging to Finlow (or Findlow) Hill Mine. This mine was reopened in two phases by the DCC, and consists of two roughly parallel veins with cross-cuts between them. The workings within are hand-cut, using a wedge and pick, and probably date from the cobalt mining era, c 1810, although the use of explosives cannot be excluded. Following excavation by the DCC, the opencut section of the mine was covered with concrete slabs. There is an access shaft towards the south end of the workings. Spoil heaps at this mine are small…'