Alderley Edge - General Site


Copper Museum

Oct 29th, 2024 from RG by BertyBasset

Dec 22nd, 2024 by BertyBasset



Stoke on Trent & Cheshire
Alderley Edge
53.2930145, -2.2114911
SJ 8600 7736
Private Land
182m
#26,549


Derbyshire Caving Club provide open days and private visits to the various Alderley Edge Mines. Two open weekend are provided - one in April, one in Autumn.
Private visits also available.



Tickets available online in advance.
Private visits available via https://www.derbyscc.org.uk/alderley/current_visiting.php



Publications (13)

  • (1925); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXX - Copper Ores: Midlands, Lake District & N Wales; 102 pages
  • (1996); CATMHS - Newsletter 045-January; 36 pages
  • (1998); BGS - Minerals in Britain - Copper; 6 pages
  • (2018); CATMHS - Newsletter 130-February; 39 pages
  • (2020); CATMHS - Newsletter 140-August; 48 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Alderley Edge Mines Cheshire; 1 pages
  • Carlon, Chris J. (1981); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-1 Jun - Eardistion Copper Mine, Shropshire, The; 14 pages (29-42)
  • Craddock, Paul T. and Craddock, Brenda R. and Langenscheidt, Adolphus (2002); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-1 Sum - Stone Mining Hammers from Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica; 5 pages (24-28)
  • Gale, David (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-5 - Evidence of Ancient Copper Mining at Engine Vein, Alderley Edge; 8 pages (266-273)
  • Pickin, John and Worthington, Terry (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-5 - Prehistoric Mining Hammers from Bradda Head, Isle of Man; 2 pages (274-275)
  • Timberlake, Simon (1994); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-3 Sum - Archaeological and Circumstantial Evidence for early Mining in Wales; 11 pages (133-143)
  • Timberlake, Simon (2015); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-3 Sum - New investigations and new ideas on Prehistoric-Roman metal mining and smelting in Wales; 10 pages (21-30)
  • Willis, Lynn and Sheelagh (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-5 - Grooved Stone Hammer from Alderley Edge, A; 1 pages (289)


Alderley Edge - Stormy Point



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