Fern Cave

aka High Tor Rake


Lead Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Peak by Buddle-Bot



Peak District
Matlock Bath
53.125541, -1.556128
SK 2980 5880
Private Land
155m
180m
25m
#3,286


Derbyshire Council. No access.



Publications (13)

  • Barker, I., Beck, J.S. (2010); DCA; Caves of the Peak District; pp. 149
  • Barnatt, John (2009); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-4 Win - Lead Legacy Recent Archaeological Research and Conservation, The; 18 pages (1-18)
  • Barnatt, John (2013); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 18-5 Sum - Underground Surveying at Mines; 16 pages (19-34)
  • Barnatt, John and Huston, Kieron and Mallon, Dave and Newman, Rebekah et al (2013); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 18-6 Win - The Lead Legacy - An Updated Inventory of Important Metal and Gangue Mining Sites in the Peak District, The; 112 pages (1-112)
  • Barnatt, John and Worthington, Terry (2009); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-3 Sum - Metal Mines through Time; 124 pages (1-124)
  • Bowering, Gordon and Flindall, Roger (1998); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-5 Sum - Hard Times - A History of the Derbyshire Chert Industry; 31 pages (1-31)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-6 Win - Geology of the Matlock Mines - A Review, The; 32 pages (1-32)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2003); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-3 Sum - Iron Mining in the Peak District; 7 pages (8-14)
  • Pickin, John (1985); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 09-3 - Trial Excavation on High Tor Rake, Matlock, A; 3 pages (197-199)
  • Rieuwerts, J.H. (1984); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 09-2 Win - Derbyshire Lead Mining and Early Geological Concepts; 50 pages (51-100)
  • Walters, S.G. and Ineson, P.R. (1980); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-6 Aut - Mineralization within the Igneous Rocks of the South Pennine Orefield; 11 pages (315-325)
  • Willies, L. (1979); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 07-3 Mar - Technical Development in Derbyshire Lead Mining, 1700-1880; 35 pages (117-151)
  • Willies, Lynn (2004); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-4&5 - Water Power in Peak District Mining; 7 pages (36-42)





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