'Double Pans' iron working site

1 The ‘Double Pans’ is the site of open level workings where iron ore and coal were extracted directly from surface outcrops. A central causeway provided access to these workings. At the northern end of the causeway are the remains of two brick-lined sluices which indicate that the double pans were reused as a pond, probably during the Post Medieval period (see PRN 3954). Documentary evidence indicates that the monastery owned an iron mill or smithy at the time of the Dissolution.