War Memorial, Lethanhill

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War Memorial, Lethanhill

Image: © Leslie Barrie Taken: 6 Feb 2013

Commemorating the fallen of the former mining villages of Lethanhill & Burnfoothill. The larger of the two communities; Lethanhill comprised twelve miners rows and had its own store, school & church. Its population peaked at 1690. The inhabitants were rehoused in nearby Patna after the Second World War with the last resident leaving in 1954. Apart from the still occupied schoolhouse (further down the hill) and the war memorial, the village of Lethanhill has been demolished. Some low walls can still be seen at the edge of the forest plantation. What little may have remained of Burnfoothill has now been completely swept away by Dunstonhill Opencast. The spoil from the opencast can be seen behind the war memorial.

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