Monument record MDR7735 - Cop Rake Lead Mine, Cop Rake, Bradwell
Type and Period (5)
- LEAD MINE (Medieval to Victorian - 1200 AD to 1880 AD)
- FLUORSPAR MINE (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1960 AD to 1970 AD)
- MINE SHAFT (Medieval to Victorian - 1200 AD to 1880 AD)
- DRESSING FLOOR (Medieval to Victorian - 1200 AD to 1880 AD)
- HORSE ENGINE (Medieval to Victorian - 1200 AD to 1880 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Cop Rake lead mining remains. A long vein, cast fairly deeply. The waste heaps along this rake has been cleared back are a greatly reduced in height. There has also been fluorspar extraction in the 1960s which has also reduced the hillocks. Working at Cop Rake had ceased by 1880 as the Ordnance Survey map records this area as old lead mining. (1)
Post medieval lead mining complex of Cop Rake and Moss Rake, defined into three areas of protection. Cop Rake has been worked since at least the 13th century. Visible remains include opencuts, hillocks, mining shafts, an engine shaft and a gin circle. Centred at national grid reference SK13208003 is a concentrated area of activity where surface remains include a number of small climbing shafts, a bridge, sections of walling, an engine shaft and a gin circle.
At grid reference SK13757997, is another area of remains of waste hillocks and two shafts, now covered. A small section in the centre of the protected area has been subjected to recent fluorspar exploration.
In the third area of protection centred at national grid reference SK13907980 are the lead mining remains of Moss Rake [SMR 14138]. (2)
Cop Rake and Starvehouse Mine. At Cop Rake there are fine examples of opencuts with associated shafts and unusual drystone walling across the cut, with early reworked hillocks, a retained causeway across the vein, a possible water storage or ore-dressing pond, a possible gin circle and ruined coes. The mines are documented as active as early as the 13th century. (3)
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDR20383 Unpublished document: Taylor, H (PDNPA). 1997. Wheston House Farm, Bradwell and Tideswell, Derbyshire, archaeological survey, 1997.
- <2> SDR18612 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2000. Scheduling Notification: Cop Rake & Moss Rake. 29969. Cat. No.:477.
- <3> SDR19821 Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 2004. An Inventory of Regionally & Nationally Important Lead Mining Sites in the Peak District. Vol. 2: Corpus of Sites. No. 14, pp 27-28.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 12834 80037 (1115m by 333m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRADWELL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | CASTLETON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | PEAK FOREST, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- EDR3786
- EDR4080
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Record last edited
Aug 26 2015 4:25PM