Historical / Environmental landscape CPD opportunity

With the Lake District achieving World Heritage Status it is increasingly important to understand the cultural and historical aspects of the landscape which contributed the cultural designation.

The world famous Greenside Mine, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and probably one of the best examples of a Lake District mine, illustrating the human interactions which shaped the landscape of a single valley. From around 1825 to 1962 the mine worked continuously, bringing people into the valley and basically built Glenridding.

Today many features are still evident in the landscape and we can look at these alongside historic photographs. We will walk around the remaining mine buildings, follow the course of Swart Beck up to the higher workings, with a number of features along the beck itself, up to Top Dam and the High Horse Level situated below Greenside and Sheffield Pike.

In this hanging valley are remains that are nearly 200 years old, where miners lived and worked. Returning by the cart track which brought the ore down from the higher workings to the smelter.

There may be an opportunity to go into Lucy Tongue Level depending on time. Helmets and lights are a requirement.

The session will be led by Warren Allison Chairman of CATMHS, Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining Historical Society.

Contact Kirsty Brien (BAIML REP yorks / North East) for more information or to book a place.

Start

02/03/2019 09:30

End

02/03/2019 16:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

10

Bookings

10

Venue

Greenside Mine

Town

Penrith

County

Cumbria

Postcode

DL13 5HH

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

54.61839

Longitude

-1.82512

Delivered in

English

Name

BAIML

Phone

07708580687

Email