| Title: |
Roughton Gill Mine and Silver Gill Mine, Cumbria. Survey Report |
| Number of Pages: |
117 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The survey was undertaken for management purposes. Roughton Gill Mine and Silver Gill Mine lay at the head of the glaciated Dale Beck valley in the Caldbeck Fells, part of the Skiddaw Massif area on the northern edge of the Lake District National Park. Silver Gill was the earlier of the two mines, with documentary evidence suggesting that it was in operation by the early 14th century. It exploited a mineral vein whose principal outcrop was in Silver Gill, a steep-sided ravine at the head of the valley; but by the late 18th century, the vein had been effectively exhausted, and the mine had been subsumed within Roughton Gill Mine, named after the adjacent ravine to the east where other veins had by that time been located. By the later 19th century, a third mine - Mexico - was exploring the same group of veins where they outcropped in Clints Gill and Todd Gill further east again. Surface evidence of mining at the head of the Dale Beck valley was therefore extensive and covered most of the valley floor, as well as extending deep into several of the gills and up over parts of the surrounding high fell. An archaeological survey was undertaken of the visible mining remains within an area of 36 ha at the head of the valley, but excluded Mexico Mine and the majority of remains on the top of Balliqay Rigg and in the uppermost reaches of Silver and Roughton Gills, and in Thief Gills. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Marcus Jecock
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| Publisher: |
English Heritage
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Silver Gill |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Silver Gill Mine |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Caldbeck Fells |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Roughton Gill Mine |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Dale Beck valley |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Clints Gill |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Balliqay Rigg |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Dale Beck |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Park Silver Gill |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Early 14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Later 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Late 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: ROUGHTON GILL MINE AND SILVER GILL MINE
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Allerdale
Monument: SHAFT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FLOOR. Post-medieval (1540-1901), STRUCTURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WATER WHEEL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PROSPECTING PIT. Medieval (1066-1540), TRACKWAY. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WEIR. Modern (1901-present), PEAT
Ngr: NY30253455
Parish: Caldbeck
Postcode: CA7 8HB
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
