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Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture

England
List entry 1010810
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010810
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.25 hectares
Grid reference
SK 24683 60279
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture are a pair of lead mines located in Derbyshire, England, representing the region's extensive mineral extraction heritage. The mines date from the medieval and early modern periods, when lead mining formed a significant economic activity across the Derbyshire Peak District. The sites preserve evidence of historic mining workings, including surface features and subsurface excavations characteristic of traditional lead extraction methods employed over several centuries. These monuments contribute to the archaeological record of Derbyshire's mining landscape and the technical development of metal extraction in Britain.

Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010810. View the official record →

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What is Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture?

Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture are a pair of lead mines located in Derbyshire, England, representing the region's extensive mineral extraction heritage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010810.

Who is responsible for protecting Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture?

Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture 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 1010810.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Carsington Pasture, 800m south east of Brassington Brickworks (6.1 km), Ivet Low bowl barrow (6.1 km), Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries (6.5 km).

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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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Carsington Pasture, 800m south east of Brassington Brickworks
6.1 km
Ivet Low bowl barrow
6.1 km
Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries
6.5 km
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church
7.5 km
Standing cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
8.5 km
Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
8.5 km
Medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 250m north west of Callow Hall
8.6 km
Callow Hall moated site
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture

Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture 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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