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Fletcheras Rake lead workings is a site of medieval and post-medieval lead mining located in Cumberland, England. The workings comprise surface extraction features characteristic of early lead mining activity in the Lake District region, where such operations exploited natural veins of lead ore. The site represents an important record of the development of metal extraction industries in northern England during the medieval period and subsequent centuries of continued exploitation. The physical remains visible at the site include evidence of the rake or vein working methods employed by miners extracting lead from the ground.
Fletcheras Rake lead workings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017447. View the official record →
Fletcheras Rake lead workings is a site of medieval and post-medieval lead mining located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017447.
Fletcheras Rake lead workings 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 1017447.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitesike and Bentyfield lead mines and ore works (1.2 km), Lead rake workings on Flinty Fell, 800m north west of Flinty Quarry (2.9 km), Hudgill lead mine bingsteads, 200m north east of Hudgill Farm (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fletcheras Rake lead workings'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.
Fletcheras Rake lead workings stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.