Birk Fell Hawse Mine


Copper Mine

Mar 17th, 2025 from CATMHS by BertyBasset



Lake District
Tilberthwaite
54.4052582, -3.0936029
NY 2911 0164
Open Access
#26,756


Building and dressing floor.



SSSI. Birk Fell Hawse Mine is nationally significant in the study of late Devonian copper veins in the Lake District. The site provides a unique opportunity in Britain to study this style of mineralisation in situ.



Publications (1)

  • (1990); CATMHS - Newsletter 026-April; 24 pages





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