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Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm

England
List entry 1014867
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014867
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.57 hectares
Grid reference
ST 69755 48900
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Vobster Breach colliery is a coal mining site located near Tweed Farm in Somerset, dating to the post-medieval and early modern industrial period. The colliery represents evidence of coal extraction in the Mendip coalfield, an area with a significant history of mineral working. The site's physical remains reflect the industrial infrastructure associated with underground coal mining operations in this region. As a recorded ancient monument, Vobster Breach colliery contributes to understanding the development of extractive industries in Somerset during the early phases of English coal production.

Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014867. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm?

Vobster Breach colliery is a coal mining site located near Tweed Farm in Somerset, dating to the post-medieval and early modern industrial period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014867.

Who is responsible for protecting Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm?

Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm 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 1014867.

What other scheduled monuments are near Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks S of Tadhill Farm (3.7 km), Nunney Castle (5 km), Earthwork N of Stubbs Wood, Merehead (5.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthworks S of Tadhill Farm
3.7 km
Nunney Castle
5 km
Earthwork N of Stubbs Wood, Merehead
5.2 km
Round barrow in Beacon Plantation
6.4 km
Circular earthwork and barrows on Beacon Hill
6.6 km
Round barrow on Beacon Hill
6.8 km
Two round barrows on Beacon Hill
6.8 km
Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 370m east of Clover Farm: part of a group of round barrows west of Cranmore railway station
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm

Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm 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.

The wider landscape

Around Vobster Breach colliery, 890m ENE of Tweed Farm

BathRoman town · ~10.4 milesGlastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~13.7 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~15.3 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~19.6 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.3 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~13.4 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~20.7 miles
Domesday entry for Middlecote, Somerset →
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