Site of the Stob Pit near Fondleyset Lane
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Site of the Stob Pit near Fondleyset Lane
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 7 Jan 2011
This was a coal mine opened in the 1740s. Several mines were dug in the area in this period connected by a series of wooden-railed waggonways.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.873231
Longitude
-1.755158