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Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 22-01-2012, 12:27 AM
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Posted By brownknees
shaft

Well,as I recall it was almost next to the road before the road went right and there were the old houses.There was a stone buily cap about 9 feet high with a metal grid across ,width I would guess...
Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 20-01-2012, 01:44 AM
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Posted By brownknees
old shaft

Yes that would be the one!Has it been filled in?My dad first worked at Hauxley pit and had to walk out to the seam under the sea!!Not a job for the faint hearted!Then he started at Shilbottle about...
Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 19-01-2012, 10:23 AM
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Posted By brownknees
Bilton banks

Looking on google earth yesterday I was a bit perplexed in looking for Bilton banks.There was (back in the 50s)a row of miners houses and just before the houses an old mine shaft that had a wall...
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