The remains of Magpie Mine
Monday 13th July 2015
I caught sight of this place on TV and vowed I would visit. It is located about three miles west of Bakewell and the site is criss-crossed by a network of public footpaths. It was a lead mine dating from 1740 and was last worked in 1954. What you see in the picture is a fraction of the entire site, with the steel headgear housing the cage over the main shaft, the winding house extreme right. Behind the headgear, the stone building is the remains of a Cornish Engine House dating from 1869, the chimney is behind. We visited in the rain, which was good as I wanted a dramatic sky to give feeling to the place. The site is looked after by the Peak District Mines Historical Society.
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