Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
DE237
Name
Nant Mill Wood Shaft Mounds
Date of Designation
22/07/1994
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Minera
Easting
328101
Northing
350533
Broad Class
Industrial
Site Type
Shaft Mounds
Period
Post Medieval/Modern
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the scheduled ancient monument.
The monument consists of a shaft mound, a circular spoil heap surrounding a wide central depression, the entrance to a mine shaft, dating to the 18th or 19th century. The Nant Mill Wood Shaft Mounds form a group of well-preserved relict shaft mound features for early coal mining. These examples are most likely to represent small bell-pits for primitive digging of coal seams near the surface, and possibly date from the eighteenth century. They may be related to Bersham Ironworks.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of 18th and 19th century industrial and mining practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. Shaft mounds may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.