An old mine working in Oak Wood
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An old mine working in Oak Wood
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 12 Dec 2010
In the foreground is an old shaft and behind it an incline. These were probably exploratory workings as there is no record of any mining in the immediate vicinity, On this occasion they are in use as a control site for a Cornwall Orineteering Club event: control 225 'rocky pit'.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.240066
Longitude
-5.310117