Robin Hood Iron Mine (Forest of Dean)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Site of Robin Hood Iron Mine (Forest of Dean).
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Looking roughly SW from Stounton Road (A4136), its a short walk of c. 85 m straight ahead to the site of the Robin Hood Iron Pit / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-09-24.
Robin Hood Iron Pit was located in Marian's Inclosure in the Forest of Dean. It was certainly in operation by 1884, possibly by 1879.
The earliest source known to IRHB is a 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1884, based on surveying carried out 1879-80. Some revisions of the map label it "Robinhood Iron Mine", while others have "Robin Hood Iron Pit". Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (c. 1882; surveyed 1880). (No Copy in NLS)]
- 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1895; surveyed 1879-80)
- 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1902; rev. 1900)
- 25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900) (georeferenced).
- 25" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.2 (1902; rev. 1900)
- 25" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.15 (1922; rev. 1920)
- 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1884; surveyed 1878-80)
- 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900) (georeferenced).
- 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX.SE (1903; rev. 1900)
- 6" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV.NW (1903; rev. 1900)
- 6" O.S. map Monmouthshire XV (1924; rev. 1918)
- 6" O.S. map Gloucestershire XXX (1924; rev. 1920-21).