Summerley Colliery Coke Ovens. SK 36967 78063.

Photographed in 2005 whilst the site was being secured..

 

Summerley Colliey worked the local Silkstone or Blackshale seam.

It was sunk in 1871, producing coke for the Sheffield iron and steel works from its beehive shaped coke ovens.

The remains of these ovens are on private land and are a Scheduled Ancient Monument

The colliery closed in 1884.