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The Incline is a railway engineering work lying between Brendon Hill and Comberow in Somerset, forming part of the Brendon Hill Railway infrastructure developed during the nineteenth century. The site represents the physical remains of an inclined plane railway system designed to transport iron ore from the mines on Brendon Hill down to lower ground, reflecting the industrial expansion of the period. Associated with this structure are the remains of Combe Row Station, which would have served as a functional point within this mineral railway network. The surviving archaeological features demonstrate the technical methods employed in Victorian-era industrial transport, particularly the engineering solutions required for transporting heavy mineral cargo across challenging topography.
The Incline, lying between Brendon Hill and Comberow, and the remains of Combe Row Station is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021350. View the official record →
The Incline is a railway engineering work lying between Brendon Hill and Comberow in Somerset, forming part of the Brendon Hill Railway infrastructure developed during the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021350.
The Incline, lying between Brendon Hill and Comberow, and the remains of Combe Row Station 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 1021350.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raleigh's Cross iron mine, 310m south east of Heather House (0.7 km), Huish Champflower Barrow (0.8 km), Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Incline, lying between Brendon Hill and Comberow, and the remains of Combe Row Station'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.
The Incline, lying between Brendon Hill and Comberow, and the remains of Combe Row Station stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.