Cleveland North Yorkshire Moors Iron Mining Northern
There were various attempts to mine ironstone in the earlyeenth century, with ore being quarried on the coastal outcrops. The Pecten seam was discovered at Grosmont during the making of a cutting for the Whitby and Pickering Railway and the newly formed Whitbypany sent a cargo of ironstone to the Birtleypany in 1836. It was rejected as being of poor quality, and it


































