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Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of lead mining and processing infrastructure in Durham. The site dates to the post-medieval period, reflecting the extensive lead mining activity that characterised the Pennine region from the sixteenth century onwards. The monument includes the physical traces of the level working, associated ore processing features, and landscape modifications resulting from extraction and beneficiation activities. These remains document the industrial exploitation of the Pennine lead orefield, an economically significant enterprise that sustained rural communities and supplied ore to smelting operations across northern England.
Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015828. View the official record →
Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of lead mining and processing infrastructure in Durham.
Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine 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 1015828.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval farmstead at High Knott, 380m west of West Force Garth (8.3 km), Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth (8.5 km), Hut circle and enclosure 350m north west of Tarn Dub (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works'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.
Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.