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True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine

England
List entry 1014594
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014594
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.48 hectares
Grid reference
SK 17807 68005
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

True Blue nucleated lead mine is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 600 metres east-south-east of Magpie Mine in Derbyshire. The site represents evidence of lead mining activity in the Peak District, a region with a long history of mineral extraction dating from the medieval period onwards. The mine workings at True Blue comprise surface features typical of nucleated mining operations, where multiple shafts and associated spoil heaps cluster around a central worked area. The precise dating of the site's initial exploitation remains uncertain, though the character of its remains suggests activity during the early modern period of English lead mining development.

True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014594. View the official record →

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What is True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine?

True Blue nucleated lead mine is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 600 metres east-south-east of Magpie Mine in Derbyshire.

Who is responsible for protecting True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine?

True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie 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 1014594.

What other scheduled monuments are near True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Smerrill Moor bowl barrow (7.2 km), Long Dale bowl barrow (7.2 km), Smerrill Barn bowl barrow (7.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
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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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Smerrill Moor bowl barrow
7.2 km
Long Dale bowl barrow
7.2 km
Smerrill Barn bowl barrow
7.7 km
End Low bowl barrow
7.7 km
Lead mines 600m and 980m south west of Oddo House Farm
8.2 km
Aleck Low bowl barrow
8.5 km
Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm
8.9 km
Mouldridge Grange, earthworks immediately south of Mouldrige Grange Farm
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine

True Blue nucleated lead mine, 600m ESE of Magpie Mine stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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