Small reservoir, Low Moor
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Small reservoir, Low Moor
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 3 Apr 2017
I assume this was an old mill dam, built to supply either the nearby ironworks or a dyeworks lower down the valley, both shown on the 1890 map. As Humphrey Bolton explains Image its function is now as a balancing reservoir; it was virtually empty after an unusually dry March.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.751967
Longitude
-1.745642