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Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park is a scheduled ancient monument comprising surface features and subsurface evidence of coal extraction activity in Leicestershire. The site, located approximately 950 metres and 1.5 kilometres south of Smoile Farm, represents industrial activity dating to the medieval and early modern periods when coal mining was conducted in this region. The remains include pit mounds, surface depressions, and associated features characteristic of small-scale coal workings typical of the period before large-scale mechanised mining developed in later centuries. The monument's designation reflects the archaeological and historical importance of understanding early coal exploitation in the East Midlands landscape.
Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018462. View the official record →
Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park is a scheduled ancient monument comprising surface features and subsurface evidence of coal extraction activity in Leicestershire.
Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm 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 1018462.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm (1 km), Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall (1.2 km), Coal mining remains in Lount Wood (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm'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 at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.