Castlemain Pumping Engine

aka Castlerag Pumping Engine or Park End

Coal Mine
Worked from 1841 to 1940s

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jul 11th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Forest of Dean
Parkend
51.7702332, -2.552319
SO 6199 0810
Open Access
83m
#25,272


Exploited the Rocky seam at a depth of 461 feet, with the shaft bottom reaching 476 feet. Additionally, a borehole extended deeper to 1,128 feet, passing through the Whittington coal seam at 1,121 feet. While most of the original mining infrastructure has disappeared, the former offices still survive and are now known as Castlemain Mill. Parkend House, which once housed the mine’s owner, also remains. Apart from these buildings, very little remains except for the large spoil tips scattered around the site.


Publications (3)

  • Anstis 1998 p 34, 58, 59, 61, 62, 69, 73, 75
  • Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages
  • Trotter p 58





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