old lead mine workings
old lead mine workings is an archaeological site in Bewerley, Harrogate District, England. old lead mine workings is situated nearby to the heath Greenhow Moss, as well as near the archaeological site smithy.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary and Stump Cross Caverns.
St Mary
Church
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary is a church, which is situated 3,000 feet northwest of old lead mine workings.
Stump Cross Caverns
Cave
Photo: Simon Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stump Cross Caverns is a limestone cave system between Wharfedale and Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. First discovered around 1860 by the Newbold brothers and further explored in the 1920s, the caverns are now open to the public as a commercial tourist attraction. Stump Cross Caverns is situated 2 miles west of old lead mine workings.
Yorke’s Folly
Ruins
Photo: Xclucie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yorke's Folly is a historic folly in Bewerley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The structure, more commonly known locally as Two Stoops, was erected in about 1820, for John Yorke, as part of the landscaping around the new Bewerley Hall. Yorke’s Folly is situated 2½ miles east of old lead mine workings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenhow and Heathfield.
Greenhow
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm302, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenhow is a village in North Yorkshire, England, often referred to as Greenhow Hill. The term how derives from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill and a mound, so Greenhow literally means 'Green's hill or mound'.
Heathfield
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Danylec, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heathfield is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stonebeck Down in upper Nidderdale, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a broad terrace on the west side of the dale, overlooking a steep slope down to the River Nidd. Heathfield is situated 2½ miles northeast of old lead mine workings.
Pateley Bridge
Photo: Cyberdemon007, Public domain.
Pateley Bridge is a town in North Yorkshire. Here the River Nidd emerges from the karstic valleys of the Yorkshire Dales into the broad plain of the Vale of York, so the town is a good base for exploring both areas. In 2024 the population was 1300.
old lead mine workings
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bewerley, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07006° or 54° 4′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.81762° or 1° 49′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C6W35CJ+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 242928715OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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