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Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Allotments Quarry Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Stonehouse Quarry West Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Firs Quarry Location Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Kelks Quarry Location Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Wilk's Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Kelks Quarry Shaft Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Job Salter's Well Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Stonehouse Quarry North Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Byfield Entrance 1 Cox's Quarry Location Byfield Entrance 2 Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Firs Quarry Shaft J5 Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Vinegar Down Quarry
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75748 62472 |
| WGS84: | 51.36079, -2.34971 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 159 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
This shaft was mapped as Shaft A3 by the Oxford Archaeology Unit. Evidence of holes cut for Lewis bolts near the shaft base, where there was substancial infilling, suggests a crane was situated here. This could indicate stone collection at the base of the shaft. They did also suggest that the shaft was possibly also for ventilation.
The shaft is not plotted on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) or of 1892-1914.
The shaft is now believed lost under the pavement outide of 1 Westerleigh Road.
Alternative Names: Combe Down Quarries, Combe Down Quarry, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine
Notes: Combe Down Quarry is the collective name for a collection of quarries including Firs Quarry, Byfield Mine, Allotments Quarry and Coxe's Quarry which started life as separate workings but gradually merged into one giant network covering more than 10 hectares.
The Oxford Archaelogy project mapped the extent of the underground quarries and this shaft would have been located on the northern boundary of Quarry Area 2221. Quarry Area 2221 was leased to the Godwin/Godwyn family immedety prior to 1800.
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