Page 1 – Home page
Page 2 - A working and recreational mountain
Page 3 – Early history
Page 4 – Map of slate workings
Page 5 – Details of survey
Page 7 – Oral history archive
Coniston Old Man
Results of the Survey
Results of the survey have been archived for reference by industrial historians.
A detailed summary of the survey of each site on the mountain can be found on Page 4 of this web-site and accessed by clicking on the map location shown on the page. All sites can be accessed with the exception of those currently being worked.
More information including details of the history of other sites in the parishes of Coniston and Torver can be found in the book ‘Slate From Coniston’, Cameron, CATMHS, 2009.
Coniston Local History Group frequently hosts lectures and other events relating to the industrial history of the area including slate working and copper mining. Contact the Group at:
CLHG
Yewdale Bridge
Coniston Cumbria
LA21 8EF
Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society (CATMHS) is responsible for much of the interpretation and recording of mining history in the region. For more details visit www.CATMHS.org.uk..
Background photograph -
A surveyor using a Magellan Mobile Mapper records the outline of a derelict riving shed.
