Mickle Fell

[Yorkshire Lad]

I had the opportunity to ascend Mickle Fell at the weekend.
Before doing so I consulted some old maps so see if there was owt worth looking for. One thing I did spot was a Lead Level marked on the first edition OS Map just to the south of the summit plateau.
When I was up on the fell I did not find any evidence of such a mine, although I could see evidence of shafts and hushes to the north.
Has anyone ever been up for “a look?”

 

[Mr Mike]

Just been looking at all the old OS versions, and to the south of the summit there are also 3 hushes marked, see: https://maps.nls.uk/view/188152197#zoom=5.0&lat=7933&lon=3787&layers=BT.

The lead mine might potentially be a sink hole that was possibly explored and a galena seam found? Lead trial? Not that this answers anything.

 

[Yorkshire Lad]

Just been looking at all the old OS versions, and to the south of the summit there are also 3 hushes marked, see: https://maps.nls.uk/view/188152197#zoom=5.0&lat=7933&lon=3787&layers=BT.

The lead mine might potentially be a sink hole that was possibly explored and a galena seam found? Lead trial? Not that this answers anything.

I understand that the hushes are very old, possibly 17thC and were exploratory. Given there are no more workings I guess if any veins did exist they were barren.