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Monkton Farleigh Quarry - District 16 Air Shaft 1

Monkton Farleigh.

NGR:ST 80136 65783
WGS84:51.39074, -2.28687
Length:0 m
Depth:0 m
Altitude:0 m
Tags:Shaft
Registry:wbc

This access shaft is approximately 22 metres deep and was open as recently as May 1988 (Scammell, pers comm.) but (2007)is now a welded iron plate capping the shaft. It led down to the underground boiler house used by the War Department to power the Monkton Farleigh/ Farleigh Down Quarries in WW2. It was bought by EMF Farming Associates in 1975.

Alternate Names: Farleigh Down Quarry, Monkton Farleigh Quarry - Access Hatch

Notes: Part of Monkton Farleigh/ Farleigh Down Quarry.

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