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Cashwell hush and lead mining remains is a complex of surface features related to lead mining activity in Cumberland, dating principally to the early modern and modern periods. The site includes a substantial hush, an erosion gully created by the controlled release of water to expose mineral-bearing rock and facilitate ore extraction, together with associated mining infrastructure and spoil heaps typical of lead mining operations. The remains reflect the exploitation of local lead deposits through methods that, whilst labour-intensive, were economically significant to regional industrial development. The site preserves important evidence of pre-industrial and early industrial mining technology and landscape modification in the Lake District region.
Cashwell hush and lead mining remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015838. View the official record →
Cashwell hush and lead mining remains is a complex of surface features related to lead mining activity in Cumberland, dating principally to the early modern and modern periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015838.
Cashwell hush and lead mining remains 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 1015838.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upper Slatesike lead mine and ore works, 750m north east of Black Dub (0.6 km), Silverband mine aerial ropeway, brake house and inclined plane (5.3 km), Maiden Way Roman Road, Melmerby Fell from Bank Rigg northwards to Rowgill Burn (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cashwell hush and lead mining remains's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cashwell hush and lead mining remains stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.