What is recorded here
The primitive mine in the base of the cliff is represented by the curved surface of an overhang, with green coloured rock. Its worked surface is similar to the southern working of the primitive mine 500m to the north-east (KE106-130----) and its age is unknown. A large fallen block close to the working in the cliff has a stepped surface on its underside, which may be due to mining. The block may have fallen from the cliff because of undermining. On the north-western face of a very large fallen block to the north of the cliff working, a nodule of malachite has been partly extracted and is surrounded by a battered surface, probably dating back to the bronze-age.
Compiled by: Alastair Lings
Date of upload: 6 April 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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