Old Brandlehow Mine

This mine seems to be known by several names, the National Trust calls it ‘Brandlehowe Mine’ and some old maps seem to refer to it as ‘Old Brandley Mine’. To add a little confusion, there does appear to be a ‘Brandley Mine’, too.

Mindat lists 18 mineral species from the site.

Brandlehow was worked in the 18th and 19th centuries but is likely to be significantly older than this – some of the shallower areas were cut before gunpowder. We know the mine was acquired and worked in 1819, and eventually closed in 1891.

The site is a world heritage site, according to the National trust.

Further reading:

• National Trust Heritage Records Online
• Mindat – 18 valid minerals listed.
• Old Cumbria Gazetteer, with old maps.

If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.

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• Brae Fell Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Brandy Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria
• Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria
• Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Falls, Cumbria
• Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
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• Eskett Quarry, Copeland, Cumbria
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• Haile Moor Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria
• Haltcliffe Copper Smelter, Caldbeck, Cumbria
• Hartley Birkett Mine, Hartley, Eden, Cumbria
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• Kinniside Mine, Copeland, Cumbria
• Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
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• Mowbray mine, Frizington, Cumbria
• Old Brandlehow Mine, Keswich, Cumbria
• Old Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Falls, Cumbria
• Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria
• Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Stockhow Quarry, Kirkland, Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria
• Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria
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• Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria
• Wad Mine, Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria
• Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria

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