Overview
Colby: Engine House Site is recorded as Mine Shaft in Wales Pembrokeshire. The National Monuments Record of Wales records Colby: Engine House Site as Mine Shaft from the 18th Century period. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: The National Monuments Record of Wales records Colby: Engine House Site as Mine Shaft from the 18th Century period.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
What was found
The official record fixes the place and calls it Mine Shaft. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it ended
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Colby: Engine House Site matters as a recorded mine shaft tied to an exact landscape. The account keeps what is known useful while leaving names, dates and claims unsupported by the source visibly open.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- ?Ston House: Possible House Sitemonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Colby Engine Pit: Mineshaftmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Cwms Farm: Adit Spoil Heapmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Cwms: Sawpitmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- The Cwms, Cottagemonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Middle Pit: site of Former Pitmonument0.1 miles
- The Leys: Spoil Heaps, Imonument0.2 miles
- Hill Pit: Pithead Areamonument0.2 miles
- Amroth Farm: Pit Sitemonument0.2 miles
- Colby, Chato Pit: Pit Headmonument0.2 miles
- Summerhill;Summer Hill, Area of Colliery Tips to The E ofmonument0.2 miles
- The Leys: Spoil Heaps, IImonument0.2 miles
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