Long Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall Buttress
No. 1882 of 4,428 in the Lake District, No. 538 for history. History, 8.2 km from Keswick.
The remains of copper mines worked in the 16th and 17th centuries, known as Long Work, protected as a scheduled monument.Written by Claude from the facts on this page (describe-v1, 2026-10-30).
Facts
- Heritage
- Scheduled monumentHistoric England, National Heritage List for England, checked 2026-10-29
- Best months
- Any time of yearoffyougo rules
Why it ranks here
Score 0.56 for any trip, from the same formula as every place.- Interests: History and heritage
- Openly licensed photo: no (weight 0.15)
- Detail in OpenStreetMap: no (weight 0.15)
- Has a website: no (weight 0.1)
- Heritage listing: 60% (weight 0.15)
- Wikipedia and Wikimedia pages: no (weight 0.25)
