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Allotments Quarry Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Job Salter's Well Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Byfield Entrance 1 Byfield Entrance 2 Cox's Quarry Location Stonehouse Quarry West Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Kelks Quarry Location Kelks Quarry Shaft Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Wilk's Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Vinegar Down Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Stonehouse Quarry North Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Firs Quarry Shaft J5
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75793 62329 |
| WGS84: | 51.35951, -2.34905 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 162 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
This shaft was catalogued as Shaft 69 by the Willies et al (2011). The shaft is possibly one of the oldest in the Combe Down quarries. It entered directly in Quarry 519, a quarry dated to the first phase (Late 17th and early 18th century) of underground quarrying on Combe Down.
The shaft was recorded, by the Oxford Archaelogy project as being infilled with brown silty clay. They suggested that the site might either be a infilled former shaft or a later collapsed area, into which debris and other dumped material had been deposited.
The shaft is not shown on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) or of 1892-1914, although a small walled enclosure in the correct location is present on both maps.
The shaft is lost in the rear garden of 8 Combe Road Close.
Alternative Names: Byfield Mine, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine
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This entry was last updated: 2026-03-10 11:31:48
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