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Grove Rake Mine, Courtesy of Beamish Museum
 
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Grove Rake Mine

Grove Rake Mine provided access to several veins that cross in the area - the Red Vein, the Green Cleugh Vein and the Grove Rake Vein. In the course of its long history the workings at Grove Rake have produced lead ore, iron ore and more recently, fluorspar.

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PREHISTORIC BURIALROMAN PERIOD FARMANGLO-SAXON ROYAL PALACEMEDIEVAL VILLAGEMEDIEVAL CASTLEPOST-MEDIEVAL LEAD WORKINGTWENTIETH CENTURY COAL MINE