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Job Salter's Well Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Byfield Entrance 1 Byfield Entrance 2 Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Allotments Quarry Cox's Quarry Location Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Stonehouse Quarry West Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Kelks Quarry Location Kelks Quarry Shaft Vinegar Down Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Wilk's Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Stonehouse Quarry North
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75724 62221 |
| WGS84: | 51.35854, -2.35003 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 158 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
This small ventilation shaft is shown on a plan (figure 9.2) in Finished Labour of a Thousand Hands: The Archaeology of the Combe Down Stone Mines, Bath, Somerset published in 2011. Hoever, it is not shown on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of the Nineteenth Century.
The shaft is lost under the tarmac front yard of the King William pub. It is probable that either this shaft or Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 is a duplication of Job Salter's Well.
Alternative Names: Byfield Mine, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine
Notes: Wilies et al (2011) noted this shaft as 4m from the ceiling height to the base of its capping, with an infill from the surface of clay, soil and rubble. The capping was not visible on the surface.
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