Ruined farm house on the fellside

Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 7 Jun 2018

One of several such ruins in Arkengarthdale. This one is unnamed on old 6" maps, but seems typical of the type once lived in by lead miners and families. It has often been said that lead miners were also part time farmers [the reverse is also true], with much of the farming done during the summer and the mining through the winter, neither occupation usually earning enough on its own. Update - July 2022.. the house is known as Carter's Cottage and has recently been on the market for £190,000 along with nearly 55 acres of land, but it might take more than a lick of paint and new window frames to put it right, and how do you get to it in a vehicle?

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