Monument record MDR3831 - Rath Rake Sough, 200m south-south-west of Gratton Dale Farm, Elton

Level driven entirely in Limestone, possibly reaching the upper surface of the Gratton Dale (Matlock Lower). By 1769 it almost reached Coast Rake on east side of Gratton Dale. (1). Rath Rake Sough falls within an area of important lead mining in the region. A line of hillocks follows a vein on the line of Rath Rake Sough; some of these hillocks may well also be the sites of ventilation shafts. The sough tail is a low slabbed sough tail bolt, the oldest of its type still open. (2)