Smallclough Lead mine

[Joel Colk]

Location
NY788430

Directions
Park up in the heritage center car park in Nenthead, Walk past the museum artifacts and up the hill towards the obvious spoil tips. The adit is just over the crest of the hill to your left.

Access
Open access. Most adits unlocked

Suggested Equipment
Wellies and caving suit. SRT for the more interesting things

Length
medium mine. connects to the Nenthead traverse with includes several mines that when put together create a massive explorable system

Flood risk
slight. Some flooded sections.

Mine Attributes
Lead

Description
A very nice lead mine with many strange and interesting mineral deposits
Unexplored Passages
few

Digs
Numerous

Links
http://www.mine-explorer.co.uk/mines/Smallcleugh_1154/Smallcleugh.asp

[Joel Colk]

[Ian A]

00bersome  

[Joel Colk]

Ed knows the place better than me and has as usual, offered the club a trip.

It is in Cumbria though, so a weekend stay in a bunkhouse would probably be best.

[Edward Coghlan]

As Joel says i would gladly offer a day or weekend of trips up at Nent.  Trips can be anything from walk round trips with wet feet to full srt or wading through deep water.  there is tonnes of stuff to see and lots of artefacts hidden away

[Tim Watts]

I'm up for this but i better let the new baby situation calm down for a month or so.....

I'll suggest a trip in the trips and events....

[Joel Colk]

Ed, are your pics on Flickr? throw them up here if you can .

You got some really nice ones.

[Edward Coghlan]

Wheel Flats



Just out of Heatheringtons cross cut



The ball room



Ball room again



A rather nice sneaky place





And some from a previous trip

[Ian A]

00ber Awesome Ed - Thank you  

[Edward Coghlan]

Believe me Ian I could continue for a long time on Nenthead its an amazing place