Speedwell Mine and Cavern

aka Navigation Mine or Oakden Level


Lead Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Peak by Buddle-Bot

Jan 14th, 2025 by TomFerry



Peak District
Castleton
53.3414688, -1.792246
SK 1393 8275
Private Land
250m
6,929m
235m
#3,197


Most of the system can be accessed via JJ, Peak Cavern and Titan.



Show Cave. Normally no other access.



Publications (12)

  • (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVI - Lead & Zinc Ores or Durham, Yorkshire & Derbyshire; 126 pages
  • (1952); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol IV - Fluorspar; 162 pages
  • Barnatt, John (2014); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-2 Win - Coal Mining near Buxton - Thatch Marsh, Orchard Common and Goyt's Moss; 91 pages (17-107)
  • 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)
  • Ford T.D., Rieuwerts J.H.; PDMHS (2000); Lead Mining in the Peak District; pp. 64
  • Ford, Trevor (1992); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 11-6 Win - 18th Century Visit to the Speedwell Mine at Castleton by James Plumptre; 1 pages (281)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2010); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-5 Sum - Geological Setting of the Lead Mines in the Northern Part of the White Peak, The; 48 pages (1-48)
  • Ford, Trevor D. and Sarjeant, William A.S. and Smith, Michael E. (1993); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-1 - Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire, The; 40 pages (16-55)
  • Heathcote, Chris (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-5 Sum - History and Gazetteer of the Mines in the Liberty of Peak Forest, Derbyshire - 1605 to 1878, A; 28 pages (1-28)
  • Nixon, D.A. and Warriner, D. (1997); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-3 Sum - The Connection of James Hall's Over Engine Mine to Peak and Speedwell Caverns, The; 11 pages (57-67)
  • Rieuwerts, J.H. and Ford, T.D. (1985); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 09-3 - The Mining History of Speedwell Mine or Oakden Level, Castleton, Derbyshire, The; 42 pages (129-170)
  • Shaw, Richard P. (1983); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-5 Sum - Pilkington's Cavern, Castleton; 5 pages (296-300)






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