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Carrock Fell is a site of early twentieth-century mineral extraction in Cumberland comprising tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines worked during the period of intensive wartime demand for tungsten. The remains include the substantial ruins of a tungsten mill, together with associated mining infrastructure, which represent the industrial exploitation of the fell's mineral resources during the First World War era and beyond. The site reflects the strategic importance of tungsten production to British industry in the early twentieth century, when the metal was essential for hardening steel in military applications. The physical remains preserve evidence of both the mining operations and the processing infrastructure that characterised this period of intensive industrial activity on the fell.
Carrock Fell tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines and the remains of an early 20th century tungsten mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019958. View the official record →
Carrock Fell is a site of early twentieth-century mineral extraction in Cumberland comprising tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines worked during the period of intensive wartime demand for tungsten. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019958.
Carrock Fell tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines and the remains of an early 20th century tungsten mill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019958.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large univallate hillfort, two round cairns and medieval shieling on Carrock Fell (2.1 km), Round cairn 390m west of Linewath (3.3 km), Carrock End copper mine 230m and 490m south west of Linewath (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Carrock Fell tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines and the remains of an early 20th century tungsten mill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Carrock Fell tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines and the remains of an early 20th century tungsten mill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.