19th century opencast lead workings
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The photograph on this page of 19th century opencast lead workings by John Harrison as part of the Geograph project.
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19th century opencast lead workings
Image: © John Harrison Taken: 18 Jun 2013
These form a long and continuous trench where lead was extracted at surface
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Image Location
Latitude
53.231959
Longitude
-3.209685