Found beneath the Roman Temple of Nodens. As this mine pre-dates the Temple it must be an early Roman or Romano-British iron mine. Covered with a wooden trapdoor. For access apply to the Lydney Park Estate: The Deer Park should not be entered.
Contact Estate Office for permission on Lydney 842844. Advise Lydney Police as
well on Lydney 842141.
Publications (8)
- Anon ND [1996?] Lydney Park Gardens and Roman Camp 16 pp illus. Mentions Roman iron mining.
- Arch Camb 1875 p 215 Roman Inscriptions at Lyndey Park, Glos. A very considerable building, a villa, temple, two Roman camps
- Blick C R 1991 Early Metallurgical Sites in Great Britain BC 2000 to AD 1500 p 35
- Mullin p 13
- North F J 1962 Mining for Metals in Wales pp 22 - 24
- Oldham, Tony (1998); Mines of the Forest of Dean; 86 pages
- Scott-Garrett C 1959 Roman Iron Mine in Lydney Park Trans Bristol & Glos Arch Soc Vol 78 pp 86
- Wheeler R E M and T V Wheeler 1932 Excavation of the prehistoric Roman ... site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire. Rept Research Committee Society of Antiquaries, London, (a) pp 20 - 21, (b) p 92
