Fornside Copper Mine

Fornside Copper Mine is an adit in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Fornside Copper Mine is situated nearby to the peak Wren Crag, as well as near Castle Rock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Dodd and Watson’s Dodd.

Great Dodd

Peak

Photo: Silence-is-infinite, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Great Dodd is a mountain or fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main ridge of the Helvellyn range, a line of mountains which runs in a north–south direction between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ullswater in the east of the Lake District.

Watson’s Dodd

Peak

Photo: Anotherfell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Watson's Dodd is a fell in the English Lake District, a minor rise on the main ridge of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, but a prominent shoulder on the west side of that range.

High Rigg

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Legburthwaite and Castlerigg stone circle.

Legburthwaite

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.

Castlerigg stone circle

Locality

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castlerigg stone circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters. Castlerigg stone circle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fornside Copper Mine.

Threlkeld

Village

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. Threlkeld is situated 3 miles north of Fornside Copper Mine.

Fornside Copper Mine

Type: Adit
Categories: mine, historic site, and industry
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.57584° or 54° 34′ 33″ north

Longitude

-3.0484° or 3° 2′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C6RHXG2+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4533854291

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=adit

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wren Crag and Castle Rock.

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