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Firs Quarry Shaft B2

Combe Down, Bath.

NGR:	ST 75911 62466
WGS84:	51.36075, -2.34736
Length:	Not recorded
Depth:	Not recorded
Altitude:	163 m
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, Lost
Registry:	wbc

This ventilation shaft is one of a number on an approximate northwest-southeast alignment between Firs Shaft and the Ivy House entrance from Jones Quarry.

The shaft is infilled and lost under Firs field, but was video recorded and laser scanned by the Oxford Archaeology Project (Willies et al 2011).

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Links and Resources:

Willies, L.M., Redvers-Higgins, N. and Ianto Wain (2011). Finished labour of a thousand hands: the archaeology of the Combe Down Stone Mines, Bath, Somerset. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. [https;//eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/765/]
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-1142-1/dissemination/pdf/CODOM01_Monkton_Combe_Combe_Down_Mines_A1b.pdf

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