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Showing latest 50 of 280 images tagged with Lead Mining tag.
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Greenside Mines, Glenridding
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NY3518 In the North East Lakes for the weekend and a wander up Raise. This is looking... (more)
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FellsX
type:GeographX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
subject:MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Replica headgear, Snailbeach Lead Mine
by Christine Johnstone geograph for square SJ3702 Snailbeach was the biggest lead mine in Shropshire and it is reputed to have... (more)
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Snailbeach Lead Mine
by Christine Johnstone geograph for square SJ3702 Snailbeach was the biggest lead mine in Shropshire and it is reputed to have... (more)
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Mine level, Middlehope
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9040 Category: Mine (disused) The gated and locked entrance to a lead mine known as the Governor and... (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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Steps up to main interpretation area, Snailbeach Mine
by Christine Johnstone geograph for square SJ3702 Snailbeach was the biggest lead mine in Shropshire and it is reputed to have... (more)
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Derelict Buildings at former Cwmystwyth Lead Mines
by David Dixon geograph for square SN8074 Below the upland farms, the steep-sided valley is dominated by disused lead... (more)
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Site of Wilson's Shaft (lead mine)
by Alan O'Dowd geograph for square NS8814 This is part of a large area around Leadhills village which is a Scheduled... (more)
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Lead mining Spoil Heaps
by Mick Garratt for square NY3518 Residue of early lead mining activities.
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
subject:Industrial SiteX
Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
Lead Mining HeritageX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Panorama from the site of Low Slitt Lead Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 7 photos were stitched to build the panorama which can be zoomed into here... (more)
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BurnX
top:Geological InterestX
Hydraulic EngineX
Industrial ArchaeologyX
bucket:LandscapeX
Lead MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
panorama:WideangleX
bucket:WideangleX
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Disused New Glencrieff Lead Mine
by Alan O'Dowd geograph for square NS8613 This mine was first worked in the early eighteenth century but closed for the... (more)
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BingX
top:Derelict, DisusedX
Disused Lead MineX
Disused MineX
Former Lead MineX
type:GeographX
Lead MineX
subject:MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
Spoil HeapX
top:UplandsX
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Disused New Glencrieff Lead Mine
by Alan O'Dowd geograph for square NS8613 This mine was first worked in the early eighteenth century but closed for the... (more)
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
Disused Lead MineX
Disused MineX
type:GeographX
top:IndustryX
Lead MineX
subject:MineX
Old Lead MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Fenced-off lead mine shafts above Cressbrook Dale
by Ian Calderwood geograph for square SK1774 Tags:
Fenced-Off Mine ShaftX
type:GeographX
former:Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine ShaftX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead WorkingsX
subject:Mine ShaftX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Old lead workings at High Low
by Ian Calderwood geograph for square SK1568 Tags:
top:Derelict, DisusedX
type:GeographX
former:Lead MineX
Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
Lead WorkingsX
subject:MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Holway Level Mine, Holywell
by Chris Allen for square SJ1876 This is the entrance to the Holway Level, a two mile tunnel that lead to one of... (more)
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type:Close LookX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
place:HolywellX
Lead MineX
subject:MineX
Mine EntranceX
Mine LevelX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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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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top:Derelict, DisusedX
type:GeographX
former:Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine ShaftX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
subject:MineX
former:MineX
former:Mine WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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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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top:Derelict, DisusedX
top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
type:GeographX
former:Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
subject:MineX
name:Top Twelve Meers MineX
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Blencathra Mine
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NY2926 An intriguing long sunken pit alongside the Glenderaterra River that’s been... (more)
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BeckX
top:Derelict, DisusedX
type:GeographX
Lead Mining
Lead Mining HeritageX
Lead WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
RiverX
top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX
subject:RuinX
RustX
StreamX
WheelpitX
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Former Barracks Building at Cwmystwyth Lead Mine
by David Dixon geograph for square SN8074 Cwm Ystwyth is considered the most important non-ferrous metal mining site in... (more)
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Spring Sandwort (Minuartia verna), Low Slitt Mine
by Andrew Curtis for square NY9039 This little plant Link
 is locally... (more) |
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Remains of 'bouseteams', Low Slitt Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 Remains of two sets of bouseteams where the partnerships, or independent groups... (more)
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BouseteemsX
top:Geological InterestX
Industrial ArchaeologyX
Lead MineX
top:PathsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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West Rigg Opencut
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9139 A panorama of 4 stitched photos Link
This site is a disused... (more) |
![SJ2750 : Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [3] by Christine Johnstone](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/93/83/7938335_a6b0fea1_120x120.jpg)
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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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Country ParkX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:Lead MineX
place:MineraX
Ruined Mine BuildingX
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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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Disused Mine AditX
Former Lead Mining AreaX
type:GeographX
subject:HillsideX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
national park:Lake DistrictX
former:Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Open Access LandX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Old Mine Workings, Cwm Ystwyth
by David Dixon geograph for square SN8074 Below the upland farms, the steep-sided valley is dominated by disused lead... (more)
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Disused shafts and spoil tips
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NZ0600 Resulting from the lead mining activities on Marrick Moor.
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
Former Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
Old Lead MinesX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
place:Yorkshire DalesX
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Copperthwaite Allotment
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NZ0500 Disused shafts and spoil tips resulting from the lead mining activities on Marrick Moor.
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
Former Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
MoorX
Old Lead MinesX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
ShaftX
TipX
Upland GrazingX
Upland PastureX
top:UplandsX
place:Yorkshire DalesX
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Copperthwaite Allotment
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NZ0500 Disused shafts and spoil tips resulting from the lead mining activities on Marrick Moor.
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
Former Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
top:MoorlandX
Old Lead MinesX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
ShaftX
TipX
top:UplandsX
place:Yorkshire DalesX
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Old Lead Mine Workings
by Mick Garratt geograph for square SK2558 |
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Lead mine at West Rigg Opencut
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9139 Much of the remaining body of rock in the Slitt Vein consists of quartz.... (more)
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Middlehope Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9040 As the reddish colour of the spoil in the foreground shows, the former lead mine... (more)
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Former crushing mill of the Middlehope Shield Lead Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 There is a photo of children working at this site c.1905 in the Beamish Museum... (more)
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BurnX
top:Geological InterestX
Industrial ArchaeologyX
Lead MineX
MarshX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Remains of waterwheel pit, Low Slitt Lead Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 A large waterwheel here turned in the gently curved groove in the end stonework... (more)
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View towards the site of the Rheidol Silver-Lead mine
by Gerald England for square SN7378
From Vale of Rheidol Railway east Rhiwfron Station.
The mine closed some... (more)
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![SJ2750 : Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [4] by Christine Johnstone](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/93/83/7938336_faf8e0ba_120x120.jpg)
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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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Country ParkX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:Lead MineX
place:MineraX
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![SJ2750 : Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [2] by Christine Johnstone](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/93/83/7938332_9c0c353f_120x120.jpg)
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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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![SJ2750 : Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [1] by Christine Johnstone](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/93/83/7938331_6bdaf007_120x120.jpg)
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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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Country ParkX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:Lead MineX
place:MineraX
Settling PondX
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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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Former MineX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:Lead MineX
Lead Mine ShaftX
Mine ShaftX
subject:MuseumX
place:PonterwydX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Brundholme Lead Mine
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NY2927 Glenderaterra Beck, a tributary of the River Greta, flows between the massifs of... (more)
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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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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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Former Lead Mining AreaX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
national park:Lake DistrictX
former:Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
place:Newlands ValleyX
Open Access LandX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Old lead workings at Roystone Rocks
by Ian Calderwood geograph for square SK1956 Older ordnance survey maps record an "old shaft (lead)" here. This is... (more)
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Lead MineX
former:Lead Mine ShaftX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
subject:MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Telfit Low Level Adit
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NZ0802 Dating from the 1860s this adit was driven to access the Telfit lead ore vein.... (more)
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AditX
top:Derelict, DisusedX
Lead Mining
Lead Mining HeritageX
subject:MineX
MineX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Engine House at the Magpie Mine
by John M geograph for square SK1768 Former lead mine above Monyash.
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top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:Lead Mine WorkingsX
Lead Mining
Lead Mining HeritageX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Western Shaft, Cyffty Lead Mine
by Dave Dunford geograph for square SH7758 Compare with SH7758 : Cyffty Lead Mine, Main Shaft. This shaft was used mainly for pumping water out of the... (more)
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Slitt Vein lead mine uncovered at West Rigg Opencut
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9139 There is another view here NY9139 : Lead mine at West Rigg Opencut
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Spoil heaps of Slitt Pasture Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 Slitt Pasture was mined for iron-ore from flats alongside the Slitt Lead Vein.... (more)
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Middlehope Burn at Low Slitt Lead Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 Entrance to the tunnelled part of the Middlehope Burn as it passes through the... (more)
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Middlehope Burn at Low Slitt Lead Mine
by Andrew Curtis geograph for square NY9039 The burn here flows in a tunnel broken here by a deep window where the arched... (more)
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![SJ2750 : Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [5] by Christine Johnstone](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/93/83/7938337_69101a35_120x120.jpg)
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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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Country ParkX
former:Engine HouseX
Former Mineral RailwayX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:Lead MineX
place:MineraX
Post-Industrial LandscapeX
Route of Former Tram RoadX
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