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| Brant Rake Mine, Eskdale | ||
| Brant Rake Mine | ||
| Eskdale Iron Mines | ||
| site name:- | Eskdale Valley | |
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | iron mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | SD149985 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1498 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Brant Rake Mine |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2SD19.jpg "Brant Rake Mine" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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Begun in 1850s; abandoned 1880s. |
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| Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
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