Report - Hatfield Colliery - One more time. - October 2015

[Bent Nails]

Fantastic. What is the Heapstead area?

 

[Miss.Industrial]

Technically the heapstead is the building / area around the top of the shaft, Typically it means the structure straight underneath the heastock and usually includes the headstock itself.

Its a pretty vague term and can be applied differently in various locations due to the wide variety of structures and layouts used in mining. For example at a site like Hatfield where shafts are close together you could argue that all the buildings in that area collectively form the heapsead. This might then include vent plant, compressor house and other nearby buildings.

 

[Undergrounddan]

The local council are now calling the shots on site and they had been trying to get the whole lot demolished as soon as possible in the name of making the site "safe." A Demolition contractor was booked to start at the beginning of November.

Good to hear they are getting listed, just thinking as i will be up that way very soon and my urbexing days as starting to fade but do alot of mine exploration. Would be really nice to see somewhere with some of the headgear in place as there are very few left in devon/cornwall.

 

[Bent Nails]

Thanks.

 

[norfolkexplorer]

Glad its getting listed.. Might be worth a visit at some point then

 

[albino-jay]

What a cracking report and photo set. Spot on fella. Thouroughly enjoyed readig this