Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works

Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works is an archaeological site in County Durham, North East England, England. Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works is situated nearby to the deciduous forest South Smailsburn Plantation, as well as near the forest West Hangingwalls Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist and All Saints.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 4,100 feet north of Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works.

All Saints

Church

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

All Saints is a church, which is situated 1½ miles south of Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works.

Rookhope War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rookhope War Memorial is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rookhope and Eastgate.

Rookhope

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rookhope is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th century.

Eastgate

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastgate is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163.

Lintzgarth

Hamlet

Lintzgarth is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Rookhope. The Lintzgarth smeltmill was built in 1737 and was used for smelting lead by all of the leadmines in the Rookhope valley. Lintzgarth is situated 1½ miles northwest of Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works.

Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works

Type: Archaeological site
Description: wall in Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Categories: wall, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.76475° or 54° 45′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.08475° or 2° 5′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C6VQW78+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9915780458

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q17674560

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Highlights include South Smailsburn Plantation and West Hangingwalls Plantation.

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