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Old 01-05-2016, 06:31 PM
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I have come across one reference to the depth of Tarry Colliery in a walking guide, but I don't know where it came from. 19 fathoms or 114 feet.


Yes 19 fathoms to the Blackhill seam then 27 to the main seam according to the memoir. 35 metres and 49 metres. A shallow pit.



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I have also been told by someone who used to live on the farm where the colliery was, that on the track towards it there was (probably under soil now) a waste mound and near it a metal grid and under it an old engine for the pit.

Do you think there's still an engine in the hole??
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