Gregson, R. (2013). Sharlston Colliery Reclamation Site. Lancaster: Oxford Archaeology (North). https://doi.org/10.5284/1039532. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Sharlston Colliery Reclamation Site
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology North unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Oxford Archaeology North was commissioned by UK Coal Mining Ltd to undertake a programme of archaeological investigation at Sharlston Colliery Reclamation Site, New Sharlston, West Yorkshire (centred on SE 3834 2024). This work was undertaken between April 2007 and February 2009 and was designed to mitigate the impact of opencast coal extraction on potential archaeological remains. It followed the requirements outlined in a project brief, prepared by the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service. The programme of investigation included open-area excavation at the site of an early nineteenth-century pit-head, and an archaeological watching brief over areas of known historical coal working that would be subject to opencast extraction. The open-area excavation identified regionally significant structural remains dating from the late 1820s to the late 1860s. These included two adjacent pit-shafts, providing access to the Sharlston Top and Sharlston Low seams; a timber whim-gin; a winding engine, which might have been driven by a Newcomen-type beam engine; a boiler house, potentially associated with two egg-ended boilers; and several additional structures, including the putative base for coal-grading screens and the remains of a drying room, store, or workshop. In addition, later remains were also present, which related to the gradual decline and eventual abandonment of the pit-head during the later nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Similarly, the watching brief also identified regionally significant below-ground remains relating to late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century coal extraction. These specifically related to the workings of the Sharlston Top seam, and included pillar-andstall workings, and also evidence for underground haulage, ventilation, and a variety of timber pit props.
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Author:		 R Gregson
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (North)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
West Yorkshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Sharlston Colliery Reclamation Site
County: West Yorkshire
District: Wakefield
Parish: SHARLSTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 438340, 420240 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT-HEAD (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar2-202152
OBIB: 2012-13/1363
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018