Cashwell hush and lead mining remains

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History & significance

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 →

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