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Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry Shaft J5 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Allotments Quarry Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Stonehouse Quarry North Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Stonehouse Quarry West Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Job Salter's Well Wilk's Quarry Kelks Quarry Location Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Kelks Quarry Shaft
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North Road, Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75968 62598 |
| WGS84: | 51.36194, -2.34655 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
Little is known of this shaft. It was recorded as Shaft C1 by the Willies et al (2011). It is not shown on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) or 1892-1914.
Interestingly, Willies et al (2011) suggest that this shaft may have been used to import stone blocks down into the quarry below. The shaft is in close proximity to a major tramway that has substancu=ial stone block walling.
The shaft would have been on the edge of the Firs Field but is now lost.
Alternative Names: Combe Down Quarries, Combe Down Quarry, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine, Three Acre Quarry, C1
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 began as independent quarry workings but gradually merged into one giant network covering more than 10 hectares.
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