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Stanton's Shaft

Summit Fields, Sandford Hill.

NGR:ST 43270 58992
WGS84:51.32718, -2.81558
Length:10 m
Depth:10 m
Altitude:118 m
Tags:Mine, Shaft, Lost
Registry:westmendip

A site explored by Stanton in 1950, who described 'a 10m deep mine shaft, 50m to the north-west of the big ochre pit.' No sign of the mine now remains.

Alternate Names: None recorded.

Notes: Ref: W. I. Stanton, Logbook 7 pp 21 (1950) available online via the MCRA at www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks

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This entry was last updated: 2024-03-02 14:13:42

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