Indian Queens Preaching Pit
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Indian Queens Preaching Pit
Image: © mike smith Taken: 8 Aug 2013
The Indian Queens Pit is a Methodist preaching pit, that is protected as a Scheduled Monument. It was constructed within a disused open mine working, and opened in 1850 as the “Indian Queens United Wesleyan Sunday School Amphitheatre.” It remained in use for regular Sunday School anniversaries and other events until the summer of 1970. It then became unused and overgrown until 1976 when work began to restore the pit. After two years of hard work by volunteers, it was officially reopened in 1978. The pit is now owned by a group of trustees who organise musical and community events in the pit every year.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.39086
Longitude
-4.930476