Chilton Moor, coal depot

Coal depot shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan 1857. Possibly gone by the 1890s. The coal depot was archaeologically excavated in 2016. It took the form of brick floors on the south-east side of a railway embankment (HER 3620) arranged around a large stone structure, composed of squared shaped sandstone blocks. The coal depot was subdivided by a central dividing wall. There was a square brick pier at the eastern end. The depot was open to the west and the eastern side was cut into the railway embankment. The heavily-decayed remains of a timber superstructure were found in both bays. A substantial brick culvert ran in front of the depot. After it went out of use, the coal depot was covered by thick deposits of silty coal waste from surrounding spoil heaps. A thick deposit of clay sealed the site as part of a 20th century ground remediation measure.