There's an almost continuous history of lead minding on the Mendip Hills from the late Bronze Age until the late 19th century. In this video I check out the Roman epicentre of lead mining at Charterhouse (Blackmoor / Ubley Warren) and the Smitham Hill Chimney, a relic of the Victorian fad for reprocessing ancient waste heaps (the eponymous slag and slimes).

0:00 Introduction and pre-Roman mining
0:54 Roman conquest
5:11 Rakes, hushing and buddle pits
8:51 Cornish deep shafts and Victorian waste reprocessing
11:17 Pollution
13:52 Smitham Chimney
15:18 Outro and credits

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