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Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes

England
List entry 1015848
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015848
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.44 hectares
Grid reference
NY 84192 52383
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Holmslinn lead mine is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately two hundred metres south-east of Holmes in Northumberland. The site represents evidence of lead mining activity, a significant extractive industry in the northern English uplands during the medieval and early modern periods. The physical remains visible today include the characteristic features of historic lead workings, reflecting the methods and scale of mineral extraction practised in this region.

Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015848. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes?

Holmslinn lead mine is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately two hundred metres south-east of Holmes in Northumberland.

Who is responsible for protecting Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes?

Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes 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 1015848.

What other scheduled monuments are near Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Allen smelt mill, flue system and chimneys (3.7 km), Blackett Level portal (3.7 km), Carrshield lead mines and ore works (6.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Allen smelt mill, flue system and chimneys
3.7 km
Blackett Level portal
3.7 km
Carrshield lead mines and ore works
6.7 km
Allenheads lead ore works
7.1 km
Earthwork and buried remains of Stublick Colliery, immediately south east of Stublick
8.1 km
Coalcleugh lead rake
8.7 km
Langley and Blagill lead smeltmills, flue and chimney
8.9 km
Staward pele
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes

Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Holmslinn lead mine, 200m south east of Holmes

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