Site Event/Activity record EEM14658 - 2015: TS - Carnarvon New Pit

Technique(s)

Organisation

Hazel Riley

Date

December 2014

Description

The site was subject to survey work in 2015 in advance of proposed consolidation and new fencing work, following the removal of a larch plantation in 2012. This recorded and identified the remains of mining from four distinct phases. Numerous small, circular pits represent extraction of iron ore in the Roman and/or early medieval periods; large openwork trenches were probably worked in the later medieval and/or early post-medieval periods. The remains of several structures from 19th Century iron mining at Carnarvon New Pit date from two periods: 1866-1872 and 1873-1883.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Riley, H.. 2015. Carnarvon New Pit Iron Mine: Analytical Earthwork Survey.

Map

Location

Location Carnarvon New Pit, Brompton Regis, Somerset
Grid reference ST 0204 3428 (point) (MasterMap)
Map sheet ST03SW
Civil Parish BROMPTON REGIS, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Carnarvon Mine New Pit (Monument)
  • Possible late medieval or early post-medieval iron mining remains at Carnarvon New Pit (Monument)
  • Possible Roman or early post-Roman ironworking remains at Carnarvon New Pit (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 7 2017 3:42PM