Lead miners sculpture at Castleside
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Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 13 Jul 2020
This figure of a miner and a tub is at the top of Rowley Bank in Castleside by the side of the A68. It's a lead miner, not a coal miner as might be expected in Co Durham, because the village had a long association with the lead mining industry of the North Pennines.