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Headgear at Grange colliery is a mining structure located approximately 240 metres north west of Watling Street Grange in Shropshire. The headgear dates to the industrial period and represents the mechanical infrastructure essential to colliery operations, functioning as the framework that supported winding and hauling equipment at the pit head. As a designated ancient monument, it bears witness to Shropshire's significant coal mining heritage and the industrial development of the region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The structure survives as a physical reminder of the technological and labour systems that characterised British colliery work during the industrial era.
Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018466. View the official record →
Headgear at Grange colliery is a mining structure located approximately 240 metres north west of Watling Street Grange in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018466.
Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange 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 1018466.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm (0.9 km), Roman fort 300m east of Drayton Lodge Farm (4.4 km), Churchyard of St James's Church (5.2 km).
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