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***SWAAG_ID***	501
Date Entered	18/04/2012
Updated on	18/04/2012
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Mining Related
Record Type	Industrial Archaeology
Site Access	Public Footpath
Record Date	15/04/2012
Location	Keld Heads Lead Mine and Smelt Mill Complex
Civil Parish	Preston Under Scar
Brit. National Grid	SE 079 908
Altitude	190m
Geology	Middle Limestone.
Record Name	Keld heads Lead Mine and Smelt Mill Complex
Record Description	'Keld Heads Mine is the oldest mine in Wensleydale of which there is any definite record, and was the richest in the county.' (Robert T. Clough 1961, p96). A full description of the remains of this mine and smelt mill, one of the most extensive industrial lead mine and smelting complexes in the Yorkshire Dales, is available in R.T. Clough: 'The Lead Smelting Mills of theYorkshire Dales and North Pennines.' p96-101. A brief visual overview of photographs of the remains taken during a reccent visit by SWAAG Members is included here. NOTE! Further detailed accounts and photographs provided by SWAAG Member David Brooks of the different elements: the Mine Levels and ?earlier Shaft Mounds, Peat Store, The Smelt Mill, the Pump and Boiler House,the Flues and Condenser House, the Dam, Culverts and Leats within the complex are to each be recorded as seperate specific SWAAG Records.
Dimensions	See photographs
Additional Notes	The remains are very extensive and include many features within Condenser Wood which repay a detailed search.
Image 1 ID	2669 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	Mine level entrance, boiler room, pump houe and chimney.
Image 2 ID	2661 Click image to enlarge
Image 2 Description	Peat house
Image 3 ID	2662 Click image to enlarge
Image 3 Description	The pump house
Image 4 ID	2663 Click image to enlarge
Image 4 Description	The pump house interior with massive stone foundation for the pumps.
Image 5 ID	2665 Click image to enlarge
Image 5 Description	Boilerhouse and chimney
Image 6 ID	2666 Click image to enlarge
Image 6 Description	Boiler room
Image 7 ID	2667 Click image to enlarge
Image 7 Description	Entrance to the mine level.
Image 8 ID	2670 Click image to enlarge
Image 8 Description	Wheel pit providing water power predating the installation of the boilers and pumps.
Image 9 ID	2671 Click image to enlarge
Image 9 Description	Culvert and stream divertion wall
Image 10 ID	2672 Click image to enlarge
Image 10 Description	Culvert
Image 11 ID	2673 Click image to enlarge
Image 11 Description	Culvert
Image 12 ID	2674 Click image to enlarge
Image 12 Description	Culvert
Image 13 ID	2675 Click image to enlarge
Image 13 Description	Flue and Condenser House.
Image 14 ID	2676 Click image to enlarge
Image 14 Description	Condenser House. Detail of bearing slots
Image 15 ID	2677 Click image to enlarge
Image 15 Description	Condenser House, detail
Image 16 ID	2678 Click image to enlarge
Image 16 Description	Condenser House, detail
Image 17 ID	2679 Click image to enlarge
Image 17 Description	Flue and turf cover
Image 18 ID	2680 Click image to enlarge
Image 18 Description	Flue and turf cover
Image 19 ID	2681 Click image to enlarge
Image 19 Description	The dam
Image 20 ID	2682 Click image to enlarge
Image 20 Description	The dam
Image 21 ID	2683 Click image to enlarge
Image 21 Description	Flue arch stonework at surface and shaft mound, one of several aligned mounds on the Chaytor Rake Vein ,one of the Keld Heads group.