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Old 14-05-2013, 07:12 PM
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Default Radcliffe Opencast Site Photograph Plan

Here's a little snippet of a plan in the possession of Hollydog. (Just a tiny part - the whole thing extends right over to the coast, Bondicar and Hauxley). The base maps are the 1:2500 or 25 inches to the mile ordnance survey. Over this is the intended boundaries of the Radcliffe opencast area. I believe the thick dotted lines are the opencast licence, with the inner lighter dotted line the working boundary (between these the baffles or topsoil banks to screen the site are shown.

Anyway, the plan is in fact the record of the pre-opencast photographic survey showing the points and directions from which the photographs were taken; these are referenced in the legend and number more than 90.

The little part below shows photo site reference 6, 7, 8 and 14. 14 appears to be an important view point being on top of the shale heap near the old Radcliffe shafts, the photographer having take a picture every 30 degrees or so, in a complete circle.

We are hoping to get some information on the existence of this series of photos, you never know we might get lucky!
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