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Little Pasture Mine

England
List entry 1412778
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1412778
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.62 hectares
Grid reference
SK2070977248
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Little Pasture Mine is a lead mine located in Derbyshire, reflecting the region's considerable mineral extraction heritage. The site represents the type of small-scale lead working that characterised the Pennine mining landscape, particularly during the early modern and industrial periods when demand for lead intensified. The mine's physical remains survive as evidence of the extraction techniques and operational scale typical of Derbyshire's mining economy during these centuries.

Little Pasture Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1412778. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Little Pasture Mine?

Little Pasture Mine is a lead mine located in Derbyshire, reflecting the region's considerable mineral extraction heritage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1412778.

Who is responsible for protecting Little Pasture Mine?

Little Pasture Mine 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 1412778.

What other scheduled monuments are near Little Pasture Mine?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (8.8 km), Anglo-Scandinavian high cross from Two Dales, Darley, now in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (8.8 km), Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 1200m west of Calton Houses (9.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
8.8 km
Anglo-Scandinavian high cross from Two Dales, Darley, now in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
8.8 km
Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 1200m west of Calton Houses
9.1 km
Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 950m west of Calton Houses
9.2 km
Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses
9.5 km
True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine
9.7 km
Magpie, Dirty Red Soil, Maypit, Horsesteps and Great Red Soil lead mines and a limekiln, 590m south east of Johnson Lane Farm
9.7 km
Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 600m south-west of Calton Houses
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Little Pasture Mine

Little Pasture Mine stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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