TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. l37 



and graban, to dig. In Suio-Groth. grafwa, sculpere. In A.-S. 

 grcef, grave, den, cave, pitt, pytt, a well, grafan, to carve, dig, 

 and grmfa^ coal, a thing dug out. "Whilst in Mod. Dan. we have 

 hiergvcerh ; undergrave. Sw. grufva^ hergverh ; undergrafva. Ger. 

 hergwerh, grube ; grahen, liolilen, untergraben. Diit.groeve;groeven. 

 Mem. groef, groh. See Gkoove. 



The Celtic word for mine is different from all Northern forms 

 above ; as Wei. mwn, which approaches to mine^ as mivn-gloddio, 

 a coal mine ; but the Gael, slochd, as slochd-quail, coal pit, differs 

 from all. 



Corn, hvel, a work, a mine, hwel glow, a coal pit, also written 

 whel, as Wheal Basset, &c. Bret, meiigleiiz, mine. 



Examples : — 



Lead Mines. 



Tyne Green Mine. Ladies Vein Mine. 



Teeside Mine. Stake Beck Mine. See Beck. 



High Skears Lead M. See Scab. Slate Sike Mine. 



Hunter's Vein Mine — from proper name. 



Silver Band Mine — having a band or vein of lead ore contain- 

 ing silver ore. 



Dunwell Mine — Celt, dun, or don, a hill, and A.-S. weall, a 

 well ; like Dunkeld, dun and keld, a spring or well, and mine. 



Coldberry Mine — Cold House. A.S. col, cold, hurh, house, 

 court ; and mine. 



Lune Head Mine — at the source of the Lune. See Lune. 



Red Grooves Lead Mine — perhaps red from the soil ; grooves 

 and mine are pleonastic. 



Broadley Hill Level or Mine. See Beoadley. 



Old Shafts — disused mines. 



MiEGILL HeAENE BeOCKS. 



Perhaps Michael Hearne's Brocks^ or from A.-S. and Icel. viir, 

 mire, mgrr, moor, or mire, or bog, and Icel. gil, ravine. 



Brocks, deep passages through the peat on the tops of hills 

 caused by the action of rains. See Beocks. 



Hearne. ? ..^n, a place. Mirgill cern brocks ; the brocks of 

 the boggy gill place. 



