Peter Fidler Memorial Cairn

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Peter Fidler Memorial Cairn

Image: © Graham Hogg Taken: 17 Dec 2013

Located near the entrance to the Carr Vale Flash Nature Reserve, the cairn is a memorial to the surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer Peter Fidler. An employee of the Hudson Bay Company he was born near here at Sutton Mill in Bolsover. There are two plaques on the cairn - Image and Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.230732
Longitude
-1.313705