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Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House

England
List entry 1021352
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021352
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.07 hectares
Grid reference
ST 02057 34260
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed is a nineteenth-century industrial monument located south west of Heather House in Somerset. The site comprises an iron mine working together with associated railway infrastructure, reflecting the expansion of mineral extraction and transport during the industrial period. The trackbed represents part of the mineral railway network that connected mining operations to wider distribution networks, facilitating the movement of extracted iron ore. The monument survives as evidence of Somerset's role in industrial-era iron extraction and the transport systems that supported contemporary mining activity.

Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021352. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House?

Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed is a nineteenth-century industrial monument located south west of Heather House in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021352.

Who is responsible for protecting Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House?

Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021352.

What other scheduled monuments are near Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raleigh's Cross iron mine, 310m south east of Heather House (0.5 km), Bowl barrow 470m north of Brendon Hill Farm (0.8 km), Huish Champflower Barrow (0.8 km).

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Raleigh's Cross iron mine, 310m south east of Heather House
0.5 km
Bowl barrow 470m north of Brendon Hill Farm
0.8 km
Huish Champflower Barrow
0.8 km
World War II pillbox 100m west of Ralegh's Cross Hotel
1.8 km
Ralegh's Cross
1.9 km
Tripp round barrow NW of Tripp Farm
1.9 km
Clatworthy hillfort
3.7 km
Bowl barrow 650m north west of Elworthy Barrows hillfort
4.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House

Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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