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Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works is a complex of mining remains located in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, representing the intensive lead and silver extraction that characterised the Yorkshire Dales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site comprises a series of shafts, levels, spoil heaps, and associated processing structures spread across the gill, illustrating the technological and industrial development of lead mining over this period. The workings exploited veins of galena and other lead-bearing minerals, with evidence suggesting peak activity during the mid to late nineteenth century under the management of major mining companies. The remains constitute an important archaeological record of the extractive industries that transformed the landscape of Swaledale and contributed significantly to the region's economy during the Industrial Revolution.
Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015830. View the official record →
Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works is a complex of mining remains located in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, representing the intensive lead and silver extraction that characterised the Yorkshire Dales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015830.
Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works 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 1015830.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors (0.7 km), The Blakethwaite Dams (1.6 km), Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures (1.8 km).
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Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.