Monument record 1446/25/2 - Twin Shafts

Twin Shafts. A series of workings upon a visibly fault-bounded outcrop. Two small adits/ open works can be seen on a mineralised fault whilst adjacent to these possibly two shafts. The westernmost of these is one of the most interesting of its type on the Edge. A large semi-circular niche has been cut at the shaft head with pivot and stemple holes visible which suggests the cuttings housed a vertical winding drum or gin. Spoil has been tipped downslope for some 20 metres. Both copper and lead mineral are visible. The works here may connect with Reeking Mine (CSMR: 1446/25/1) and most likely date to the same period of 18th – 19th century (1).

<1> 1998, Alderley Edge Landscape Project Archive, 66 (Unpublished Report). SCH4334.