Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRed Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill

Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill

England
List entry 1015820
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015820
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.3 hectares
Grid reference
SE 05580 66585
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill?

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).

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Overview
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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill

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.

The wider landscape

Around Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill

AldboroughRoman town · ~21.7 milesCatterickRoman town · ~22.8 milesBattle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~25 miles