Barrowmouth Mine


Gypsum Mine
Worked from 1855 to 1855

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot


Sep 1922 - McKay's Quarry St. Bees Head (N) Saltom Bay. Looking NW.
Lake District
Whitehaven
54.526372, -3.611396
NX 9581 1576
Open Access
20m
#3,123

A series of adits below cliffs.

1855 Lord Lonsdale

Publications (3)

  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/2015; p.3.
  • Sherlock R.L. & Smith B. (1938); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol III 3rd Ed - Gypsum, anhydrite, celestine, strontianite; 106 pages
  • Young B. et al (2001); BGS - Mineral Resource Development Maps & Plans - Cumbria - Report; 83 pages
Sep 1922 - Barrowmouth, Saltom Bay (S. side). Looking S.Sep 1922 - McKay's Quarry St. Bees Head (N) Saltom Bay. Looking NW.Sep 1922 - McKay's Quarry, St. Bees Head (N) Saltom Bay. Looking S.

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