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Roachburn Colliery is a coal mining site located in Cumberland, England, dating from the industrial period. The colliery represents the exploitation of local coal resources during the development of Cumberland's mining industry, which expanded significantly from the eighteenth century onwards. The site preserves evidence of underground coal extraction infrastructure and associated industrial activity characteristic of early modern colliery operations in the region. Like many historic collieries in northern England, Roachburn Colliery forms part of the broader archaeological record of industrial heritage that shaped the economic and social landscape of Cumberland during the industrial era.
Roachburn Colliery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017643. View the official record →
Roachburn Colliery is a coal mining site located in Cumberland, England, dating from the industrial period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017643.
Roachburn Colliery 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 1017643.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm (0.7 km), The Curricks camp (2.5 km), Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system (4 km).
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