Speculation Pit Iron Mine


Iron Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Mindat by Buddle-Bot



Forest of Dean
New Road
51.818335, -2.561364
SO 6140 1345
Open Access
133m
#12,431


308 feet deep. Just to the north of the famous Cannop Colliery, this 3 to 4 acre site is now a Forestry Commission Picnic Area. Initially serviced by a railway line, which is now a footpath cum cycle track. Today there is very little left. There are two flat area about 15 feet above each other which look like playing fields. To the east there is a mound with 3 iron bars protruding. Possibly the remains of an engine house? Output: 18,694 tons in 1880. Closed 1926.






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