Brandy Bottom Colliery - horizontal engine house
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The photograph on this page of Brandy Bottom Colliery - horizontal engine house by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 10 Sep 2022
This Scheduled Ancient Monument is on the South Gloucestershire Coalfield in the parish of Pucklechurch. The first pits on site date back to around 1837 although the name Brandy Bottom is first noted in 1856. A new pit was sunk in 1871 this engine house for a horizontal engine is on this part of the site. Coal drawing at Brandy Bottom ceased before WWI and the pit was then used to ventilate another nearby mine. All operations ceased in 1936. The site is operated by Avon Industrial Buildings Trust and was visited as part of Heritage Open Days.