Mines in Somerset

Somerset's lead mining centred on the Mendip Hills, where Charterhouse was one of the very earliest Roman mining operations in Britain, worked within six years of the invasion to help pay the Roman army's wages in silver. Mining here continued on and off for over 1,800 years, its final 19th-century phase resmelting waste left behind by centuries of earlier miners rather than digging fresh ore.

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Mine	Worked	Commodities
Blackmoor Rake	Roman–1885	Lead
Braysdown Colliery	1845–29 October 1959	Coal
Bromley Colliery	1860–1957	Coal
Browns Folly Mine	—	Freestone, Limestone
Burchells Colliery	c. 1911–August 1921	Coal
Burrow Farm Mine	1860 (shaft sunk)–1883	Iron
Camerton Colliery	1781–1950	Coal
Carnarvon New Pit	1866–1879	Iron
Charterhouse Roman Mines	49 AD–1878	Lead, Silver
Chewton Mineries	1541–1883	Lead
Clandown Colliery	1810–1929	Coal
Combe Down Stone Mines	By 1730–1860s	Limestone
Conygre Colliery	1791 (Upper)–1918	Coal
Doulting Quarry	Roman–Still active	Limestone
Dulcote Quarry	Mid-19th century–From 2016	Limestone
Dunkerton Colliery	1904–1925 or 1933 (sources differ)	Coal
Elms Colliery	1829–1850s	Coal
Fairy Cave Quarry	1920s–1977	Limestone
Grebe Swallet Mine	from Roman	Lead
Greyfield Colliery	1833–28 May 1911	Coal
Gurney Slade Quarry	Mid 19th century–Still active	Limestone
Ham Hill Quarries	Roman period–Still active	Limestone
Higher Pitts Mine	17th century–1893	Iron, Copper, Lead, Manganese
Kilmersdon Colliery	February 1875–August 1973	Coal
New Rock Colliery	1819–September 1968	Coal
Newbury Colliery	1798 or 1799–August 1927	Coal
Norton Hill Colliery	1903–1966	Coal
Old Mills Colliery	1860–1966	Coal
Old Pit Radstock	from 1793	Coal
Pensford Colliery	1909–1955	Coal
Priddy (St Cuthbert's) Lead Works	AD 49 (Roman)–1908	Lead, Silver
Torr Works	1930s–Still active	Limestone
Tyning Colliery	1837–1909	Coal
Ubley Rake	Roman–1885	Lead
Vobster Breach Colliery	1860–By 1884	Coal
Wellsways Colliery	By 1839–1896	Coal
Whatley Quarry	1939–Still active	Limestone
Wheal Eliza	From 1845–1858	Copper, Iron
Writhlington Colliery	Working by 1829–September 1973	Coal