Penny Rigg Copper Mill by munki-boy
Penny Rigg Copper Mill
Penny Rigg Copper Mill is in The Lake District National Park in England.
The remains of the old Penny Rigg Copper Mill overlooking Tilberthwaite.
A slate and copper working site for the nearby mines with ruins and re-purposed buildings including an old smithy, powder store, water leat systems and a massive waterwheel pit surrounded by epic views.
The mines here were first properly driven into the hillside by the German Miners in the 16th Century although many were expanded with modern equipment later you can still find some of the old “coffin” levels with pick marks showing they were mined by hand.
Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Penny Rigg Copper Mill
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Local History around Penny Rigg Copper Mill
There are some historic monuments around including:
Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, BanisheadCastle Howe hillfort, Little LangdaleYewdale lime kiln 380m south west of Low YewdaleRifle Range target and Marker's Hut, 150m north west of Blea MossDike, circles and cairns on Bleaberry HawsCairns on Foul ScrowRound cairn, 460m south west of Thompson GroundMickleden Beck prehistoric cairnfield and field system, funerary cairn and a medieval dispersed settlement centred 840m south west of Pike of StickleRoman road up Wrynose PassMoot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little LangdaleConiston copper minesGreenburn copper mines and associated ore processing worksLong Intakes medieval dispersed settlement and associated kiln 370m south of Fell FootTwo rifle ranges on Silver HowThe Langdale Boulders, two prehistoric rock art sites in Great Langdale 250m south of Harry PlaceTwo bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston WaterSeven Intakes medieval dispersed settlement 210m south west of Fell FootRoman road in Wrynose Bottom.
