Meadow Cliff Colliery

aka Robert's Folly

Coal Mine
Worked from 1843 to 1936

Jul 13th, 2025 from TO by BertyBasset

Jul 24th, 2025 by BertyBasset


#26,889
Forest of Dean
Cinderford
51.8361511, -2.5190909
SO 6433 1541
Private Land
155m
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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; pp. 266-269;
  • Trotter; p. 52.