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Elliscales Iron Mines, Dalton Town with Newton
Elliscales Iron Mines
civil parish:-   Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   iron mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   SD22677502 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD2275
10Km square:-   SD27

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 9) 
placename:-  Elliscales Iron Mines
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Elliscales Iron Mines"
"Pit No.1 / Old Shaft / Old Engine Shed / Air Shaft / Old Magazine"
"Pit No.2 / Levels / Engine House"
"Pit No.3 / Old Shafts"
"Pit No.4 / Old Shaft / Engine House"
"Pit No.6 / Smithy / Engine House"
"Pit No.7 / Old Shaft / Engine House"
etc etc. Served by tramroads 

notes:-  
There is a shaft at SD22957482; dangerous

Holland 1960

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