Coleford Deep Iron Pit


Iron Mine
Worked from 1874 to 1899

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jul 11th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Forest of Dean
Coleford
51.7991142, -2.628006
SO 5679 1135
Private Land
196m
200m
3,000t
#11,963


The deep pit reaches a depth of around 650 feet, starting in the Coal Measures and encountering the Crease Limestone layer at about 300 feet below the surface. Nearby, the land pit was sunk approximately 350 yards west 32 degrees south of the deep pit.


Publications (4)

  • (1927); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol X 2nd Ed - Iron Ores - Hematites of Forest of Dean, South Wales; 115 pages
  • Hart 1983 p 290
  • Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages
  • Sibly p 38





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