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The Ironstone mine ventilation flue in Chargot Wood is a masonry structure associated with iron ore extraction in the Brendon Hills area of Somerset. Dating to the nineteenth century, the flue formed part of the industrial infrastructure required to ventilate underground workings during the period of intensive ironstone mining that characterised the region. The structure demonstrates the engineering adaptations necessary to sustain deep mining operations, with the flue designed to draw fresh air through the mine workings and expel gases. This example contributes to the archaeological record of industrial development in the Somerset coalfield region and reflects the technological requirements of Victorian-era mineral extraction.
Ironstone mine ventilation flue in Chargot Wood, 1150m south west of Langham Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020189. View the official record →
The Ironstone mine ventilation flue in Chargot Wood is a masonry structure associated with iron ore extraction in the Brendon Hills area of Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020189.
Ironstone mine ventilation flue in Chargot Wood, 1150m south west of Langham 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 1020189.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 470m north of Brendon Hill Farm (4.3 km), Lock up 60m south-east of the Church of St Mary (4.8 km), Cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ironstone mine ventilation flue in Chargot Wood, 1150m south west of Langham 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.
Ironstone mine ventilation flue in Chargot Wood, 1150m south west of Langham Farm stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.