Unknown mine

[Bob Mehew]

Has any one any information about an opening in the east bank of the River Spodden at NGR SD 8810 1653, just north of Healey Dell near Rochdale? I saw it yesterday when on a geology walk; the speculation being that it was a sough for a coal mine into the lower Pennine Coal Measures. I've not been able to get beyond Abandoned Mines Catalogue 7194 on the Coal Authority's / government web site.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

https://manchestergeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NWG-21A-2.pdf

suggests siderite for a nearby bloomery.

That can go into the Buddplepit mine db!

 

[pwhole]

I found this 'asteroid' of iron-based material a few years ago in woodland in what was once the old Manor Park in Sheffield, and which I suspect may be waste from an old bloomery, as it's not near any modern industrial site, would have been a nightmare to tip from elsewhere (it must weigh a ton) and is adjacent to a fast stream with a small platform built into it. With a 50cm scale.