Old mine workings
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Old mine workings
Image: © Wendy North Taken: 13 Aug 2008
I'm guessing that these workings involved the extraction of coal as it does outcrop near the surface here. Other possibilities could be iron or possibly even refractory clay.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.499831
Longitude
-1.634994