Sharnberry Mine - Leat and Wall


Lead Infrastructure

Jan 1st, 2024 from EN by Buddle-Bot



Northern Pennines
Little Eggles Hope
54.672179, -1.982291
NZ 0124 3079
Open Access
377m
#17,003


Leat at Sharnberry Mine, containing Sharnberry Beck GV II Leat retaining walls. Probablymid C19 for London Lead Company. Roughly- coursed and squared sandstone in dry construction. Walls c.l-metre high from surface of water to ground level, channel Sharnberry Beck for c.40 metres from the point where a boundary fence crosses the stream to a point c.10 metres south of retaining wall and level entrance.


Publications (2)

  • (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVI - Lead & Zinc Ores or Durham, Yorkshire & Derbyshire; 126 pages
  • (1990); CATMHS - Newsletter 027-September; 25 pages





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