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Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry

Combe Down, Bath.

NGR:ST 7545 6240
WGS84:51.36013, -2.35398
Length:0 m
Depth:0 m
Altitude:164 m
Tags:Mine, Shaft, Lost
Registry:wbc

A small underground quarry that was worked after 1900 but had closed by the mid 1930s. The now lost entrance was under the the entrance building of the Foxhills MOD complex on Bradford Road.

Alternative Names: Coxe's Vertical Shaft Mine, Cox's Vertical Shaft Quarry, Cox's Vertical Shaft Mine, Coxe's, Collibee's Vertical Saft Quarry

Notes: Useful maps and plans and mining history in the report prepared for the housing development on the old MOD site is available at www.bathnes.gov.uk/WAM/doc/BackGround%20Papers-741562.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=741562&location=VOLUM...

See also www.bathnes.gov.uk/WAM/doc/BackGround%20Papers-741562.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=741562&location=VOLUM...

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This entry was last updated: 2021-02-04 16:00:34

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