Description and History of Site:-
A single freestanding beehive coke oven built in local flagstone, 3.8m by 3.7m and 2.2m high with a doorway in the south elevation about 0.7m wide with flagstone voussoirs and a 0.7 m wide flue. Internally it is beehive-shaped with a base diameter of 2.2m and a central height of 1.3m. It has been consolidated and is protected from livestock by a post and rail fence.

Built in about 1807, after the foundation of the colliery, but before 1815. It lies in an area of shaft mounds, some of which may predate 1807. It is one of the earliest surviving ovens of beehive form, most dating from post-1840.


It was probably built in the early 1830s to produce coke from the many coal shafts that dot the summit plateau.

Further Reading and References:-
Gill, M. and Squirrell, M. 2014. The Malham Mines. British Mining No. 97, p. 58.

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Key Words :- coal pits coke oven

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Address :- Stainforth, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24
Grid Ref :- SD 8660 7165
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.140509 , Long -2.206607
Local Authority :- Craven District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Scheduled Ancient Monument SAM
Historic England List No - 1017715, 1481298,
Site Condition :- Site conserved
Site Dates :- c. 1830 - unknown
Record Date :- 1 February 2018

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