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Old 25-04-2016, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Coquet View Post
One the map there are three bench marks recorded at or near Curleheugh, the one to the north is this one I think.

One of the Trig point visiting types on there writes: 'only a short walk across the moor to the trig. Hill pockmarked with old bell-pit mines... presumably for coal.'
The trig is a very nice spot for a picnic and not far from the bell pits.....smaller ones to the south and east and presumably the remains of the miners' homes.
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