View to the Gadloch
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View to the Gadloch
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 3 Oct 2015
The existence of this sheet of water would seem to be due to coal mining and resultant subsidence as it doesn't appear on Ordnance maps as recent as 1914.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.91192
Longitude
-4.172091