Reclaimed opencast
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Reclaimed opencast by Richard Webb as part of the Geograph project.
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Reclaimed opencast
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 9 Mar 2012
A ditch on the site of a huge opencast coal mine. Strathore had several pits and later saw a lot of opencast mining. There is talk of building 40 bonded warehouses around here.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.149418
Longitude
-3.190439