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
() , Science Gossip Vol.XVII,, p.283.,
(1985) , Bull. P.D.M.H.S. Vol.9. No.3., pp.197-199. Survey., Peak District Mines Historical Society
(2001) , Mining History. Bull. P.D.M.H.S. Vol.14. No.6., pp.1-34., Peak District Mines Historical Society
(2009) Metal Mines Through Time, Mining History, Vol. 17, No. 3., pp 64-82. Surveys and sections., PDMHS
(2010) , Caves of the Peak District, p. 149, DCA
Gallery
West end of the Roman Cave (Hard Rake) opencuts
Fern Cave North Entrance
Fern Cave South Entrance
