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Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

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Close up of the gill

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

A close up of Gate Gill, with the spoil in the foreground that has been washed down the gill and the powder store to the left. Photo taken May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241895    View Count: 15

Close up of the powder store

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

A close up of the remains of the old powder store. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241897    View Count: 15

Collasped workings

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Collapsed entrance to Gategill Middle Level. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241901    View Count: 23

Gate Gill.

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Gate gill, once the site of one of the busiest and deepest lead mines in Cumbria. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241902    View Count: 29

Gategill Low Level

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

The hand chipped entrance to Gategill Low Level, C.1700. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241899    View Count: 18

Gategill Low Level incline

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

looking down on the powder store from the Gategill Low Level incline with an excellant view across the valley to Threlkeld Common and Clough Head in the distance. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241898    View Count: 15

Powder Store

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

The remains of the powder store above the dam. The path running above the store is the incline leading up the gill to Gategill Low Level. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241896    View Count: 13

The old dam

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Looking up the gill the old dam can be seen in the centre of the picture with the remains of the powder store just above it. To the left is the Woodend Smithy Level, now run in and covered in scree.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241894    View Count: 15

Threlkeld Mine

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Gate Gill and the site of Threlkeld mine on the side of Blencathra, viewed from the road into Threlkeld village. To the left of the gill is Gategill Fell and to the right is Halls Fell. Photo taken May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241893    View Count: 19

Trial.

Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

A 17th century trial, just up the gill from the low Level adit. May 2005.
 © Paul NicholsonPhoto ID: 241900    View Count: 22
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