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Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Allotments Quarry Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Job Salter's Well Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Byfield Entrance 1 Byfield Entrance 2 Cox's Quarry Location Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft Vinegar Down Quarry Stonehouse Quarry West Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Kelks Quarry Location Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Kelks Quarry Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Wilk's Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Stonehouse Quarry North Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Firs Quarry Shaft J5
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Come Down, Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75818 62278 |
| WGS84: | 51.35905, -2.34869 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 160 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
Allottment Shaft or Shaft T2 was an approximately 1.8m diameter extraction shaft before it was capped by a cut stone vaulted roof. It was located at the end of an underground railway and showed evidence (Pollard (1994) & Willies et al (2011)), of two phases of haulage having both rope and later chain grooves cut into the bedrock of the shaft.
The shaft is not shown on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) or on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1892-1914.
Willies et al (2001) confirmed that the shaft was lost under the "new Houses" on Church Road. The GIS data from the Stabilisation Project locates this as the house at 3 Church Road.
Alternative Names: Byfield Mine, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine, Shaft 349
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