Waggonway Stone
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Waggonway Stone by Christine Westerback as part of the Geograph project.
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Waggonway Stone
Image: © Christine Westerback Taken: 20 May 2012
At intervals along this stretch of waggonway there were several rocks with plaques on them depicting something relating to the pit. Examples are pit ponies, Davy lamp, pick axe. Maybe it was thought that locals needed these items explained to them!!
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Image Location
Latitude
55.010706
Longitude
-1.511487