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Red Scar lead mine and ore works is a Scheduled Monument located in Gate Up Gill, near Tag Bale Hill in Yorkshire, comprising the physical remains of lead mining and processing infrastructure. The site dates from the early modern period, with evidence of working extending into the post-medieval era when lead mining became an established extractive industry across the Pennines. The surviving features include worked ground, spoil heaps, and the structural remnants associated with ore processing typical of small-scale or intermediate lead workings of this period. The monument reflects the industrial exploitation of the region's mineral resources and contributes to understanding the development of metal mining practices in northern England.
Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015820. View the official record →
Red Scar lead mine and ore works is a Scheduled Monument located in Gate Up Gill, near Tag Bale Hill in Yorkshire, comprising the physical remains of lead mining and processing infrastructure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015820.
Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill 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 1015820.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock with at least 13 cup marks 645m NNE of Ridge Lathe, Pinder Hawes Hill, Skyreholme (5.2 km), Rock with at least five cup marks and a sinuous groove mark 615m NNE of Ridge Lathe, Pinder Hawes Hill, Skyreholme (5.3 km), Rock with at least two cup marks 660m north east of Ridge Lathe, Burhill Kiln Allotment, Skyreholme (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill'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.
Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.