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Monument record MDR1888 - Berrystall and Scrin Rakes, and Chance Mine, south-west of Hartlemoor Farm, Hazlebadge and Bradwell

Type and Period (3)

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Full Description

The east end of this once important rake now completely reworked and reclaimed. Once the site of many deep shafts, open cuts etc. and intensively worked. Chance Mine is at the west end of Earl Rake. Series of untouched parallel veins running away from Earl Rake towards Moss Rake some shafts go west but there is at least one climbing shaft. (1) Berrystall and Scrin Rakes, and Chance Mine. An area of much reworking, but with some remaining hillocks, where the primary interest is ecological. One vein opencut has a shaft with an adjacent example of walling across the vein and an entrance into the shaft side. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Personal Observation: Rieuwerts, J. 1990. Pers. Comm.. 1990.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 2004. An Inventory of Regionally & Nationally Important Lead Mining Sites in the Peak District. Vol. 2: Corpus of Sites. No. 23, pp 38-39.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 1584 7996 (442m by 336m) (Centre)
Civil Parish BRADWELL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
Civil Parish HAZLEBADGE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 9 2017 3:47PM

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