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Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale Sough is a complex of lead and fluorspar mining features located in Derbyshire. The site comprises interconnected mining infrastructure including soughs (drainage adits), rakes (veins worked by mining), and associated pipes that date primarily to the medieval and post-medieval periods, reflecting centuries of mineral extraction in this intensely worked mining landscape. The soughs represent significant engineering achievements, designed to drain water from the deeper workings and allow exploitation of ore at greater depths. These features constitute important archaeological evidence of the industrial history and mining technology employed in the Derbyshire lead and fluorspar industry.
Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale Sough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1412889. View the official record →
Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale Sough is a complex of lead and fluorspar mining features located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1412889.
Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale Sough 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 1412889.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement on the north western slopes of Cales Dale, 490m north west of Cales Farm (7.9 km), Calling Low bowl barrow (8.1 km), Benty Grange hlaew (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale Sough'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.
Lees and Dove Rakes, Booth Lee Pipes and Sterndale Sough stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.