Easily visible from the Keswick area, Barrow boasts extensive screes sweeping down its entire length. This site served as an old lead mine, intermittently active from the 17th century until its final closure in 1888. It’s believed that the main lode worked here was a continuation of the one exploited at Yewthwaite mine. The primary gangue mineral found here is friable quartz. Supergene minerals are quite common, with the spoil heaps yielding ‘jack-straw’ cerussites measuring up to 3 centimeters and green pyromorphite crystals ranging from 3 to 4 millimeters. Additionally, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and hydrozincite have been reported at this site.