Record Details
| MonUID: | MST20326 |
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| HER Number: | 56198 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Mineral Workings, Fauld Quarry, Hanbury |
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Summary
A large earthwork feature probably caused by subsidence due to the extensive post-medieval and later mining of alabaster and gypsum at Fauld Quarry (PRN 50420).
Monument Type(s):
- MINERAL PIT? (POST MEDIEVAL to Victorian - 1486 AD to 1899 AD)
Full description
Probable earthwork subsidence of post -medieval date seen as one very large (> 50 metre) amorphous negative feature. Associated with the alabaster and gypsum mines at Fauld. (SB, 27-Nov-2013) <1>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST12 - Map: National Monument Record. 1993. National Forest Project Maps / Pastscape Records. SK 12 NE 18 (Morph No. FR.47.6.2). |
Related records
| 50420 | Part of: Fauld Quarry, Alabaster and Gypsum Mines and Plaster and Cement Works, Fauld, Hanbury (Monument) |
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