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Robin Hood Mine, Bassenthwaite
Robin Hood Mine
civil parish:-   Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   antimony mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY227330
1Km square:-   NY2233
10Km square:-   NY23
references:-   Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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Few yards north of Robin Hood House, east side of road. Active 1840s.
A nearby quarry has small amounts of stibnite and antimony ochres.

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

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