Roman Gravels


Lead Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Aug 31st, 2025 by BertyBasset



Welsh Border & Shropshire
Hope Valley
52.5923271, -2.9836881
SO 3346 9985
Open Access
335m
#84


Given location marks Boundary Shaft

Tony Jarrat notes the following features in his 1971 Log Book:

  • SJ 3333 9995 Engine Shaft (filled in)
  • SJ 3343 9999 Shaft (c 25’ deep)
  • SJ 3347 9997 Shaft (c 25’ to water)
  • SJ 3341 9975 Shaft (c 60’ deep)
  • SJ 3351 9984 Boundary Shaft (filled in)
  • SJ 3343 9981 New Engine Shaft (open to at least 150’, with pump rods)
  • SJ 3338 9992 Small shaft & Level
  • also “Roman” opencast

Publications (13)

  • (1987); WMS Newsletter Issue 17 Dec; 5 pages
  • (1989); WMS Newsletter Issue 21 Dec; 8 pages
  • (1993); WMS Newsletter Issue 29 Dec; 8 pages
  • (2002); WMS Newsletter Issue 47 Oct; 28 pages
  • Adams, D.R. (1963); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 02-2 Oct - Survey of the South Shropshire Lead Mining Area Part 1; 6 pages (105-110)
  • Brown, Ivor J. (1993); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-2 Win - The Buildings and Equipment used at Pennerley Mine, Shropshire, in the late 19th Century, The; 7 pages (50-56)
  • Brown, Ivor J. (1995); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-5 Sum - Snailbeach Mine and the Disaster of 1895; 6 pages (27-32)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2002); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-1 Sum - Calcite Mining in the Peak District; 9 pages (29-37)
  • Jarratt, Tony (1974); Logbook 1; 105 pages
  • Liscombe & Co (1880); Mines of Cardiganshire, Montgomereyshire & Shropshire; 52 pages
  • NMRS; British Mining 25 - Memoirs 1984; pp.23
  • Sarjeant, William A.S. (1967); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 03-3 May - Pyromorphite from the Mines of West Shropshire; 3 pages (175-177)
  • Shropshire Caving and Mining Club (1979); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-4 Oct - An Attempt to Save the Snailbeach Mining Area from Land Reclamation; 4 pages (208-211)





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