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Coal mining remains at Broad Oak Farm is a scheduled ancient monument in Nottinghamshire comprising the physical evidence of coal extraction activity. The site dates to the post-medieval and early industrial period, reflecting the expansion of coal mining in the East Midlands during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The remains consist of surface features and subsurface evidence associated with shallow coal working, including probable bell pits and associated spoil heaps that characterise small-scale extractive industries of this era. These remains are significant as archaeological testimony to the development of coal mining before the advent of deep shaft mining and mechanised extraction.
Coal mining remains at Broad Oak Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017654. View the official record →
Coal mining remains at Broad Oak Farm is a scheduled ancient monument in Nottinghamshire comprising the physical evidence of coal extraction activity.
Coal mining remains at Broad Oak 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 1017654.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moat and fishpond at Strelley, 240m SE of All Saints' Church (0.4 km), Lenton Priory (5 km), Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coal mining remains at Broad Oak 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 Broad Oak Farm stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.