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Fornside Mine, St John's Castlerigg etc
Fornside Mine
locality:-   Fornside
locality:-   St John's in the Vale
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   copper mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY323205 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY3220
10Km square:-   NY32
references:-   Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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On the hillside behind Fornside Farm. Perhaps opened by the Company of Mines Royal?

Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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