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Ram Hill Colliery and dramway

England
List entry 1021386
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021386
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.29 hectares
Grid reference
ST 67898 80270
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ram Hill Colliery and dramway is a coal mining complex located in Gloucestershire, dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site comprises mining infrastructure including a colliery and an associated dramway, or mineral tramway, which served to transport coal from the pit head to markets or processing facilities. The dramway represents an important phase in the development of transport technology for mineral extraction before the widespread adoption of steam railways. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site preserves evidence of Gloucestershire's industrial heritage during a period of significant expansion in the region's coal mining operations.

Ram Hill Colliery and dramway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021386. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Ram Hill Colliery and dramway?

Ram Hill Colliery and dramway is a coal mining complex located in Gloucestershire, dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021386.

Who is responsible for protecting Ram Hill Colliery and dramway?

Ram Hill Colliery and dramway 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 1021386.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ram Hill Colliery and dramway?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bury Hillfort (2.9 km), Brandy Bottom Colliery, part of Parkfield Colliery (3.2 km), Standing cross 240m north west of Holly Hill Farm (3.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bury Hillfort
2.9 km
Brandy Bottom Colliery, part of Parkfield Colliery
3.2 km
Standing cross 240m north west of Holly Hill Farm
3.2 km
Moated site and associated features
3.9 km
Iron Age enclosed settlement and Anglo-Saxon hunting lodge 68m south west of Cranford Farm
4.3 km
Bowl barrow 75m north of Gingell's Farm
4.3 km
Brass works at Warmley
7.5 km
Old Church of St Helen, Rudgeway
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ram Hill Colliery and dramway

Ram Hill Colliery and dramway stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Ram Hill Colliery and dramway

BathRoman town · ~10.6 milesCaerwentRoman town · ~14.5 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~6.7 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~6.9 miles
Domesday entry for Frampton, Gloucestershire →
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