Kennisham Hill Pit |
| Hob Uid: 1128112 | |
Location :
Somerset
Somerset West and Taunton
Luxborough
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| Grid Ref : SS9630036100 |
| Summary : "Kennisham Hill Pit, disused" is marked on the 6" 1962 map. it was one of the Brendon Hills Iron Ore Company works. It had been worked before 1867 by a drift 150 ft deep and a long adit which emerged 350 yards to the east. Ore was carried to Langham pit by means of an aerial cableway called "The Flying Machine". The mine was finally closed in 1883. The engine house was demolished in 1973. There are earthwork remains visible of the mine workings, including spoil heaps and a series of pits or openworking following a lode west and east of the main shaft head at SS 9631 3605. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale in March 1999 as part of RCHME's Exmoor Project. |
More information : Kennisham Hill Pit, disused" is marked on the 6" 1962 map. it was one of the Brendon Hills Iron Ore Company works. It had been worked before 1867 by a drift 150 ft deep and a long adit which emerged 350 yards to the east. Ore was carried to Langham pit by means of an aerial cableway called "The Flying Machine". The mine was finally closed in 1883. The engine house was demolished in 1973. There are earthwork remains visible of the mine workings. (1-7)
Nothing survives of the engine house, and the shaft has been filled in. The area of the shaft head is surrounded by a smoothed spoil heap. To the east (and to the west) are a series of conjoined pits forming a linear trench, running approximately west-north-west to east-south-east. They run continuously for about 200 m east of the shaft head, and sporadically for 200 m to the west. These may represent mining operations predating the documented activity in the 19th century.
Investigated as part of RCHME's East Exmoor Project and surveyed at 1:2500 scale. (8) |