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Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton is a mining installation dating from the industrial period. The site comprises the physical remains of a colliery shaft together with its attendant headgear structure, which formed part of the coal extraction infrastructure characteristic of Yorkshire's mining heritage. Such installations represent the technological developments in deep mining during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the headgear serving the essential function of raising coal and miners from the mine workings below. The Caphouse site contributes to the archaeological and industrial record of the Overton area and remains designated for its significance as a monument to the region's mining past.
Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013407. View the official record →
Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton is a mining installation dating from the industrial period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013407.
Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton 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 1013407.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including New Hall moat and fishpond (1.1 km), Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system (2.5 km), Standing cross at Emley (3.5 km).
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