Nenthead, LIDAR 1M DSM elevation colour banded.3D Model
Nenthead, LIDAR 1M DSM elevation colour banded.
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More model informationThe first documented mining activity on Alston Moor dates from the 12th century and it is thought that exploitation was originally on a relatively small and intermittent scale up to the 17th century. Major ore extraction appears to have begun at Nenthead in the 17th century with the discovery of the Rampgill Vein in 1690. It became one of the main mining areas of the London Lead Company by the mid-18th century. They consolidated their leases as production peaked in the 1820s, and this was subsequently followed by gradual decline until 1882 when the company gave up the last of its Nenthead leases. These were sold to the Nenthead and Tynedale Zinc Company, who were in turn succeeded by the Veille Montagne Zinc Company in 1896.
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