Capped mine shaft at Wheal Plenty

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The photograph on this page of Capped mine shaft at Wheal Plenty by Rod Allday as part of the Geograph project.

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Capped mine shaft at Wheal Plenty

Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 3 Sep 2010

There are still remaining in Cornwall many open mine shafts but most of those in readily accessible areas have now been capped or fenced.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
50.263136
Longitude
-5.212639