Ruthwaite Lodge Mine


Lead Mine
Worked from 16C to c1880

Mar 21st, 2025 from MOTLDF by BertyBasset

Apr 16th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Lake District
Grisedale
54.5135803, -2.9977901
NY 3550 1360
Open Access
381m
#26,790


Some workings still evident.



Hand working indicate Elizabethan origin. Beleived to have been worked together with Eagle Crag Mine

  • 1784-1807 John Walker & John Edmundson
  • 1862-? Jacob Johnston & John Pattinson
  • 1872-c1880 Greenside Company

Publications (2)

  • Adams, John (2nd Ed 1995); Mines of the Lake District Fells; pp. 132-133
  • NMRS; Memoirs 1968; pp.69-70.





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