New open cast mine
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New open cast mine
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 16 Dec 2009
Viewed from the upper deck of an X3 bus shows exposed coal seam. This dig has been well hidden from Gartferry Road by a recently built high bund. Access to and from it is by way of the new motorway work site. One has to wonder if the surveyors discovered a virgin seam and it was decided to extract it by open cast method.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.92005
Longitude
-4.070597