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Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry Shaft J5 Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Allotments Quarry Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Stonehouse Quarry North Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Stonehouse Quarry West Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Job Salter's Well Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Kelks Quarry Location Wilk's Quarry Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Lawn Quarry Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 76007 62583 |
| WGS84: | 51.36180, -2.34599 |
| Length: | 0 m |
| Depth: | 0 m |
| Altitude: | 163 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
This shaft is shown on a plan (figure 9.2) in 'Finished Labour of a Thousand Hands': The Archaeology of the Combe Down Stone Mines, Bath, Somerset published in 2011. It is reported that both the Byfield and the Firs Field underground quarries were exausted by 1860 but the shaft is shown on both the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) and of 1982-1914.
The shaft is now lost under the lawn of the 10th Bath Scout group's headquarters at Firs Field.
Alternative Names: Combe Down Quarries, Combe Down Quarry, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine, Firs Shaft 4059, Firs Materials Shaft.
Notes: It is possible that this shaft provided both light and ventilation to the underground workings but it is much more lilely that it was a major shaft used to wind Bath Stone to the surface, prior to 1860. The Combe Down Stabilisation Project modified this shaft and used it as their "Materials Shaft."
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