Colliery spoil heap at Butterknowle
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Colliery spoil heap at Butterknowle
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 21 Jul 2022
Butterknowle is a County Durham 'pit village'. Little evidence now remains of the coal mining industry but the image shows a shaley spoil heap above the east side of Crow Howle Beck, north of the settlement. There's also a small, brick-built ruin at the camera location.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.631358
Longitude
-1.834374