High Meadow


Iron and Coal Mine
Worked from 1878 to 1964

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jul 12th, 2025 by BertyBasset


Forest of Dean
Hillersland
51.8237495, -2.629555
SO 5671 1409
Private Land
166m
#20,909

Worked from both vertical shafts and horizontal levels.

  • 1880 High Meadow Coal Co.
  • 1885 Highmeadow Iron Ore Co.
  • 1895-1910 Highmeadow Iron Ore & Colour Co.

Well established by 1878

Publications (5)

  • (1927); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol X 2nd Ed - Iron Ores - Hematites of Forest of Dean, South Wales; 115 pages
  • Anstis 1999 p 99
  • Bellows p 24
  • Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages
  • Paar 1965 p 150

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