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Remains of Aspen Colliery, associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin is a scheduled monument of industrial heritage in Lancashire, England, dating to the nineteenth century. The site comprises the physical infrastructure of coal extraction and processing, including beehive coke ovens which represent a distinctive technology of the period for converting coal into coke for use in iron smelting and other industrial processes. The presence of an associated canal basin indicates the site's integration into the broader transport network essential for distributing coal and coke products during the Industrial Revolution. The monument preserves evidence of the technical and logistical systems that characterised Victorian colliery operations in the Lancashire coalfield.
Remains of Aspen Colliery, associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016943. View the official record →
Remains of Aspen Colliery, associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin is a scheduled monument of industrial heritage in Lancashire, England, dating to the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016943.
Remains of Aspen Colliery, associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin 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 1016943.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hapton Castle (5.9 km), Spigot mortar (Blacker Bombard) position (6.8 km), Portfield hillfort (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Remains of Aspen Colliery, associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin'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.
Remains of Aspen Colliery, associated beehive coking ovens and canal basin stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.