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Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village is a scheduled ancient monument documenting the industrial extraction of coal in Shropshire during the early modern period. The site comprises surface features and subsurface workings associated with coal extraction activities in this region. These remains represent an important phase in the development of coal mining in the English Midlands, reflecting the expansion of mineral extraction during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The monument is significant for understanding the archaeology of early coal exploitation and the industrial heritage of Shropshire.
Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018461. View the official record →
Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village is a scheduled ancient monument documenting the industrial extraction of coal in Shropshire during the early modern period.
Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village 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 1018461.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bedlam Furnaces (5.7 km), Lilleshall Beam Blowing Engines (6.4 km), Blists Hill Iron Furnaces (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.