Old Wood Colliery - drift entrance

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Old Wood Colliery - drift entrance by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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Old Wood Colliery - drift entrance

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 10 Sep 2016

In addition to a vertical shaft this site also has the entrance to a drift that has been consolidated in recent years. Unfortunately this was facing straight into the sun and despite manipulation it is still a very poor photograph.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.564689
Longitude
-2.434914