Old mine shaft
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Old mine shaft
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 15 Sep 2009
This area was full of small coal mines dating back the seventeenth century. Clumps of trees like this were often planted round the disused shafts to mark them.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.332629
Longitude
-2.086453