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Old 30-06-2012, 06:01 PM
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Wonder what the "Fox holes" are about? They are drawn slightly differently to the other shafts on the map - I'm guessing these are some even earlier mining efforts - bell pits perhaps? The 5ft seam is quite shallow there.

The whinstone quarries now lie under the old RAF houses I believe.
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