Old lane east of Catchgate

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The photograph on this page of Old lane east of Catchgate by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.

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Old lane east of Catchgate

Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 7 Jan 2011

This is site of the ancient Green Tree Lane, and route along which pack horses led coal from a huge bell pit below Pontop Pike. This was in use even earlier than the wooden railed waggonways which eventually became the revolutionary means of coal transport.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.864788
Longitude
-1.757078