History 
                 
                
                    
                        The gale was granted to Henry Roberts in 1843. In 1915, the Meadow Cliff Colliery Co. Ltd. was established to work the site but went out of business in 1923. Following this, a series of free miners operated the mine until its closure in 1936.
                     
                 
                
                    Publications (5)
                 
                
                    
                                                                Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages Perry p 74 Phelps 1984 p 44 Pope and Karau 1997 p 266-269 Trotter p 52  
                 
                
                     
                
                 
            
                Please enable JavaScript to view the map. 
                
                            
                    Sites within 2km (43) 
                 
                
                    
                         
                    
                        
                                                            No Fold Land Pit Iron Mine  - 169m Mountpleasant  - 185m Nofold Pit  - 203m Bowson  - 298m Churchway  - 350m Winning  - 413m Hawkwell  - 517m Whimsey  - 556m New Victory  - 579m Old Fire Engine Pit  - 596m Duck  - 683m Young Colliers Pit  - 695m Regulator  - 748m Northern United  - 769m Fairplay Water Level  - 820m Roberts Folly, No.3  - 924m George's New Folly  - 980m Nelson Pit  - 1,091m Mitcheldean  - 1,131m George's Folly  - 1,143m Tarmeadow  - 1,161m Speedwell  - 1,249m Famish Pit  - 1,261m Teazeall Pit  - 1,327m Land Pit Iron Mine  - 1,366m Paragon  - 1,411m Spero  - 1,414m New Bridge Engine  - 1,423m Haywood Level  - 1,446m Addis Hill  - 1,456m Tormentor  - 1,459m Wilkes Pit  - 1,462m Bilson  - 1,518m Crumpmeadow  - 1,523m True Blue Pit  - 1,539m Haywood  - 1,554m Ruardean Hill Pit  - 1,572m Inkerman  - 1,598m Sphero Pit Iron Mine  - 1,610m Leather Pit  - 1,682m East Slade  - 1,694m Fairplay  - 1,971m Crabtreehill  - 1,997m