Shaft No 1, Engine Shaft, Bog Mine

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• HER Number (PRN): 34109
• Site Name : Shaft No 1, Engine Shaft, Bog Mine
• Monument Type:
  • Mine Shaft (Mid 18th century to Late 19th century)
• Civil Parish:
  • Worthen with Shelve , South Shropshire, Shropshire
• Grid Reference: SO
• Related Monuments:
  • The Bog Mine, 01314
• Related Interventions:
  • 1983 management survey, and geological/mining investigations of The Bog Mine by Wardell Armstrong, ESA8637
  • 1983 watching brief at the Bog Mine by Shropshire County Council, ESA1896
• Brief Description: One of a number of mine shafts driven in the 18th century at the Bog Mine.
• Description: In 1982/83 Wardell Armstrong carried out remedial safety work on the mining remains at Bog during the course of which various details and photographs were recorded for a number of shafts. Engline Shaft was found to be 1180 feet deep and inclined below the Boat Level. The work also discovered various small culverts thought to have supplied water to and from the steam engine. The report includes six photographs including the shaft at the base of the exaction and views along the small culverts. The report also includes a series of large scale plans (1:500) e.g. the locations of disused and demolished buildings, mines and surface features, the extent of the recorded workings at Bog Mine and details of the safety work made to shafts including shaft No. 1 – Engine Shaft. Photographs 1 to 6 included in the report. <1>
  
  In 1983 two days were spent undertaking a watching brief at Bog Mine which noted that Engine Shaft was the largest uncovered and contained the best preserved remains. The size and construction of the shaft is recorded, together with the remains of associated pumping engines. There are a series of around 20+ photographs of the features of Engine Shaft uncovered during the safety works. <2>
  
  This source refers to sources held at Shropshire Archives, some of which are copied and held at HER archives. These include tracings of plans from 1919 showing the extent of underground workings forming the Bog, locations of features such as shafts, adits, veins, Boat Level and a scale plan (1:2500) of a section through Old Engine Shaft. <3>
  
  Photographed during site visit on 24/5/2018. <4>
• Record Type: Monument
• Sources:

  (01)	Non-archaeological specialist report: Wardell Armstrong Ltd. 1983. Report on the Safety Works at the Bog Mine. Wardell Armstrong Rep. Table 1 p 9-10.
  (02)	Watching brief report: Watson Michael D. 1983. Watching Brief at the Bog Mine, Feb/March 1983. p1 and photos.
  (03)	TEXT: Reid Malcolm L. 1993. Commentary on Mine Plans and Sections in Shropshire Record Office.
  (04)	SMR comment: Welch K. 2018 onwards. Comments by Kris Welch, HER Compiler. 20/06/2018.

• Tags:
  • Mine Shaft
• Related Places:
  • Worthen with Shelve, South Shropshire, Shropshire (Civil Parish)
• For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
• Date Created: 30/05/2018 13:21:40
• Date Last Edited: 22/06/2018 13:47:53