Ind Archaeol Rev 28 (2): The National Parks of England and Wales

Paper summarising recently completed and current work, research and publication on industrial archaeology by a range of organisations and individuals within the North York Moors National Park. Topics covered include alum, iron, coal, lime and jet industries, together with milling, relevant publication and a note on the recent development of an archaeological Research and Management Framework for the National Park.

The paper records the genesis and progress of the Brendon Hills Industrial Survey and describes and illustrates excavations of some of the nineteenth-century mine sites and the incline winding house, of which a conjectural 'restored' drawing is shown. It also gives an account of iron mining on the Brendon Hills in west Somerset and of the West Somerset Mineral Railway constructed to convey iron ore to the coast for shipment to Wales.

The paper outlines the work done by the society, which since its formation in the early 1960s has been recording both surface and underground sites in the Yorkshire Dales, and has maintained a list of sites which has made a significant contribution to both the North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales National Park SMR records. Since the 1970s, members of the society have developed methodologies for recording and understanding mining landscapes. In recent years this has involved using GPS to record significant areas of Grassington Moor, Greenhow Hill and Arkengarthdale. This is now being combined with detailed three dimensional underground surveys and historic mapping in a GIS environment to provide an integrated landscape record. The paper details the current methodology and approach to recording surface and underground sites.