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Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor is a complex of industrial remains dating from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. The site comprises extensive evidence of lead extraction and processing, including mine shafts, ore crushing and sorting facilities, and smelting infrastructure that served the intensive lead mining operations characteristic of the northern Pennines during this period. The physical remains reflect the development of mining technology and metallurgical practice over several centuries, with structures and earthworks demonstrating the successive phases of exploitation and refinement. Old Gang represents a significant archaeological record of the lead industry that formed a major component of the regional economy and landscape transformation during the early modern and industrial periods.
Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015860. View the official record →
Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor is a complex of industrial remains dating from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015860.
Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor 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 1015860.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Surrender lead smelt mill (1.9 km), Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures (3.5 km), How Hill, Low Whita late prehistoric defended settlement site (3.7 km).
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