Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Frost Hole Trials | |
| locality:- | Frost Hole | |
| parish |
Strickland Roger parish,
once in Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| lead mine; mine | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD489986 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD49
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| References |
Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells:
Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931
6
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| 1Km square | SD4898 | |
| drawing:- |
KDMRS 1979-82
-- presumably relevant
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| Log book and sketch maps from the Kendal and District Mine Research Society, 1979-82. | ||
| Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society | ||
| Log book page 66:- | ||
| DATE - 3/9/80 / MAP REF - 4870/9865 (SD49) / LOCATION - SIDEHOUSE NR STAVELEY. / NAME - ? / TYPE OF SITE - TRIALS / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 40. / SPECIMENS FOUND - NONE. / COMMENTS - WARM DRY DAY. ALL LEVELS ENTERED WERE SHORT TRIAL. FIVE WERE ENTERED IN ALL, AND ALL OF THEM END IN ROCK FACES. No.1 & No.5 HAVING SOME SMALL CROSSCUTS, No.1 HAS TWO CROSSCUTS, ON THE LEFT, ONE 8FT LONG & FURTHER IN, ONE 5FT LONG. No.5 HAS ONE CROSSCUT ON THE RIGHT, ABOUT 10FT LONG. ALL BUT ONE WERE IN THIGH DEEP WATER, AND NOT FOR THE LIGHT HEARTED. | ||
| Drawing:- | ||
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| FROST HOLES / SIDEHOUSE TRIALS | ||
| placename:- | Frost Holes Trials | |
| other name:- | Sidehouse Trials | |
| coordinates:- |
SD48709865 | |
| date:- | 1980=1982 | |
| period:- | 1980s | |
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Railway work in 1846 exposed a lead vein, galena, this trial
looked for its northern continuation; no luck.
Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6 | ||
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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