Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot
Jul 12th, 2025 by BertyBasset
| Forest of Dean | |
| Coleford | |
| 51.7760086, -2.6118159 | |
| SO 5789 0877 | |
| Private Land | |
| 195m | |
| 3,000t | |
| #948 |
Now-exhausted outcrop iron mines that formed part of the early workings in the area. Active around 1841, they produced a modest 3,000 tons of ore before falling out of use. The workings connect underground with Old Ham Pit and nearby mines.
Access as Old Ham.
Dun Pit - 161mScar Pit - 270mOld Ham Pit - 310mYew Tree Pit - 315mOld Bow - 347mPerry Grove - 368mPuzzle Wood - 445mNew Ham Pit - 456mTufton No.1 - 473mYewtree Pit - 486mSmall Hole, Ham Pit - 487mTuftan Pit - 493mClearwell - 555mNew Dunn - 565mClearwell Caves - 596mCinder Pit - 613mBritish Pit - 641mOld Dunn - 657m
Oak Pit - 739mEaster Pit - 754mEaster, Turpin Shaft - 805mSling Pit - 934mOld Sling Pit - 950mForest Steel - 1,019m
Tufthorn - 1,031m
Ellwood Green - 1,064mDark Hill Iron Works - 1,112mDark Hill - 1,148mTufthorn Deep Iron Pit - 1,213mTile Quarry - 1,265mWanklyns Pit - 1,287mHigh Nash Pit - 1,301mWinnell's Level - 1,376mSt Vincents Colliery - 1,411mBirch Hill - 1,451mWin All or Upper Success - 1,511mBirch Hill (Success No.2) - 1,512mBixslade Pit - 1,594mGreat Pit - 1,599mWinnell's Level - 1,630mSuccess - 1,633mDarkhill Level - 1,636mEdenwall - 1,639mHopewell - 1,672mJacks Pit - 1,674mWhitecliff Iron Works - 1,708mW. H. Fryer’s Iron Ore Slope - 1,786mHopewell Engine - 1,830mProsper Pit - 1,840mJack's Pit Iron Mine - 1,872mCoal Way Hill, Trim Pit - 1,873mFox Bush - 1,902mHoares Level - 1,925mBox Bush Iron Slope - 1,930mEllwood - 1,933mEllwood New Pit - 1,964m