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HER Number (PRN):21669
Name:Mine workings associated with Shelve Pool Mine
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Earthwork remains of mine shafts and levels associated with the Shelve Pool lead trials.

Parish:Worthen with Shelve, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO39NW
Grid Reference:SO 3314 9804

Related records

06865Part of: Shelve Pool Trial Mine (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Mine shafts and levels marked on 1st ed. 1:10,560 and 2nd ed. 1:2,500 OS maps<1><2>

More shafts identified on NMP AP plots. <3>

The earthwork remains of two disused mine shafts associated with former (post Medieval) lead mining activity were seen and mapped from aerial photographs. The mine shafts were seen at SO 3325 9828 and SO 3325 9923. <4><4a>

Sources

[01]SSA22419 - Map: Ordnance Survey. c1872-1897. OS County Series 1:10560 (6 inch) maps (1st edition) - digital dataset. OS County Series.
[02]SSA20952 - Map: Ordnance Survey. c1899-1903. OS County Series 1:2500 maps (2nd edition) - digital dataset. OS County Series.
[03]SSA20279 - Aerial photograph transcription: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME). 1993/ 1994. Marches Uplands Mapping Project (MUMP)Overlays. 1:10000.
[04a]SSA31561 - Vertical aerial photograph: Historic England / RAF. c.1946-1955. NRHE: RAF Aerial Photographs held by Historic England Archive. Black and white. RAF 106G/UK/1698 5172-3 27-AUG-1946.
[04]SSA31570 - COLLECTION: Historic England. 1993-1994. NRHE: RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. MU.320.4.
Date Last Edited:Oct 17 2025 2:35PM