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The coal mining remains in Harridge Wood and Edford Wood South constitute a designated ancient monument comprising extensive evidence of medieval and post-medieval extractive activity in Somerset. The site preserves physical traces of coal working practices spanning several centuries, including surface features and subsurface disturbances characteristic of early coal exploitation in the region. These remains are significant for understanding the development of coal mining in south-western England during a period when such activity was emerging as an economic activity, predating the large-scale industrial coal mining of later centuries. The monument's survival provides archaeological evidence for medieval and early modern mining techniques and the landscape transformation resulting from resource extraction in this area.
Medieval and post-medieval coal mining remains in Harridge Wood and Edford Wood South is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019023. View the official record →
The coal mining remains in Harridge Wood and Edford Wood South constitute a designated ancient monument comprising extensive evidence of medieval and post-medieval extractive activity in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019023.
Medieval and post-medieval coal mining remains in Harridge Wood and Edford Wood South 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 1019023.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks S of Tadhill Farm (3.1 km), Round barrow in Beacon Plantation (3.1 km), Circular earthwork and barrows on Beacon Hill (3.2 km).
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