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Fern Cave

Stats

GradeII
Length180
Depth25
Altitude180
Location53.1255 -1.5561
OS NGRSK 298 588

Feature

  • Mine
SSSI
Also known as: High Tor Rake.
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Entrance of Fern Cave

Access

block No access to this site allowed.

Actually a large and very old opencut stope on High Tor Rake (fenced and gated) rather than a cave. Intersects at 90° with 'Roman Cave', an equally old but shallower opencut on the eastern extension of Hard Rake, which is open. Fern Cave is on land belonging to Derbyshire Dales District Council - no access agreement is in place.

References

Arnold, F.H. ,, , Science Gossip Vol.XVII,, p.283.,
Pickin, J. (1985), , Bull. P.D.M.H.S. Vol.9. No.3., pp.197-199. Survey., Peak District Mines Historical Society
Ford, T.D. (2001), , Mining History. Bull. P.D.M.H.S. Vol.14. No.6., pp.1-34., Peak District Mines Historical Society
Barnatt, J. & Worthington, T. (2009), Metal Mines Through Time, Mining History, Vol. 17, No. 3., pp 64-82. Surveys and sections., PDMHS
Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010), , Caves of the Peak District, p. 149, DCA

Gallery

Fern Cave North Entrance
Fern Cave / Fern Cave North Entrance
Fern Cave South Entrance
Fern Cave / Fern Cave South Entrance
Open Stope in Roman Cave Opencuts
Fern Cave / Open Stope in Roman Cave Opencuts
West end of the Roman Cave (Hard Rake) opencuts
Fern Cave / West end of the Roman Cave (Hard Rake) opencuts