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Disused mine shafts and spoil heaps
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1472
Typical Peak District lead mining scars.
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Fenced-off lead mine shafts above Cressbrook Dale
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1774
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Top Twelve Meers' Mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2077
The remains of one of many former lead mines in the area. Marked on some maps as... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [5]
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ2750
The track beside the Meadow Shaft engine house is the route of one of the many... (more)
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The ruins of Magpie Mine
by Malcolm Neal
geograph for square SK1768
Magpie Mine is a former lead mine. Unusual in Derbyshire as most lead was... (more)
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Mining adit, west side of Scope End
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY2218
Part of the Goldscope Mine complex, where lead and copper were mined from the... (more)
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Upper parts of Goldscope Mine, from the north
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NY2218
Goldscope lead and copper mine operated from the 1500s to the late 1800s. The... (more)
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Old lead workings at High Low
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1568
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Ruins of the Sir Frances Mine in Gunnerside Gill
by Chris Holifield
geograph for square SD9499
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Entrance to Bunton Level lead mine
by Chris Holifield
geograph for square NY9401
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Old lead shafts below Carder Low
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1262
With Sheen Hill in the background
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7381
Now a museum site. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Disused mine level, Caiston Glen
by Karl and Ali
for square NY3910
A few flecks of galena suggest this was a trial for lead although judging from... (more)
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Old lead shafts
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2459
Winstermoor Farm is in the background.
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Fenced-off mine shaft
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2759
One of many old lead mines in the area.
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Old lead shaft capped with concrete
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2364
Harthill Hall is in the background
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Lead mining remains below Lover Gill (2)
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD8796
A couple of curious horseshoe-shaped stone structures embedded in a spoil heap... (more)
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Lead mining remains below Lover Gill
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD8796
A couple of curious horseshoe-shaped stone structures embedded in a spoil heap... (more)
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Spoil heap from an old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK3057
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Old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1975
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Old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1974
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Old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1475
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [3]
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ2750
The remains of the crusher house, where large rocks were broken to separate out... (more)
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A capped mine shaft
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2657
One of the many old lead shafts in the fields around Bonsall
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A spoil heap at an old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2858
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Old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2858
Not the usual line of pits but a deep trench following the vein on the side of... (more)
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Old lead mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1769
Capped with concrete
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Old lead workings
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1674
A typical Peak District line of pits, chasing a seam of lead ore.
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Lead mining remains by Coldwell End Lane
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1964
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Lead mining remains near Housley
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1976
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Remains of Sitch Lead Mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2954
A mound of spoil at an old lead shaft.
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [4]
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ2750
At the base of the wall, workers hammered waste off the lead ore at the picking... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [2]
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ2750
This circular buddle was the last stage or ore dressing, where lead was... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [1]
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ2750
Settling ponds, where lead particles 'settled' out of water and were... (more)
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Delves Plantation
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK3252
The small rectangle of Delves Plantation covers some old lead mining remains. It... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
This shows the balance bob pit for the large waterwheel that was mounted in the... (more)
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Looking up Gunnerside Gill
by Chris Holifield
geograph for square NY9301
Showing the remains of old lead mine workings on both sides
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Old lead mine near Over Cleuch
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NS9016
A tip or bing from a small lead mine, already shown as an 'old mine'... (more)
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Possible hush above Lover Gill
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD8796
This dry gully, with signs of mining spoil on the right, may be a hush created... (more)
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Snake Mine
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2655
A 19th-century lead mine.
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
Now a museum site. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
for square SN7380
Now a museum site. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
Now a museum site. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
Now a museum site. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7381
Now a museum. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
Now a museum. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience - ore dressing shed
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
This Listed Grade II. To its right is the ore bin that received ore for the... (more)
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Llywernog Mine - Silver Mountain Experience
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SN7380
Now a museum site. The mine operated predominantly as a lead mine but there was... (more)
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Bench with a view over the Derwent Valley
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK3057
Situated on a mound of spoil from an old lead mine.
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Footpath into Hard Rake Plantations
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1668
The trees of Hard Rake Plantations cover the remains of Hard Rake lead mines.
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