Monument record MDR11585 - Ratchwood Mine Founder Shaft, Middleton
Type and Period (4)
- MINE SHAFT (Georgian to Victorian - 1740 AD? to 1860 AD?)
- HORSE ENGINE (Georgian to Victorian - 1740 AD? to 1860 AD?)
- COE (Georgian to Victorian - 1740 AD? to 1860 AD?)
- LEAD MINE (Georgian to Victorian - 1740 AD? to 1860 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Ratchwood Mine - Founder Shaft. Remains include a large flat-topped hillock with a lidded shaft, an overgrown gin circle with footings of a wall to one side and a small ruined coe in the hillock side. Ratchwood Mine lies 300m to the south and was in use between the 1740s and the 1860s [see SMR 15589]. (1)
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SDR19821 Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 2004. An Inventory of Regionally & Nationally Important Lead Mining Sites in the Peak District. Vol. 2: Corpus of Sites. p 189, Site B34.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 28350 55235 (88m by 88m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Dec 21 2018 9:27AM