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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75936 62450 |
| WGS84: | 51.36060, -2.34700 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 163 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
A shaft from the 18th century that was probably originally a ventilation but was then repurposed as a hauling shaft.
The shaft but was video recorded and laser scanned by the Oxford Archaeology Project (Willies et al 2011) but is is now lost under Firs Field.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Willies et all (2011) conseidered that the shaft probably dates to the time of Ralph Allen quarrying at Combe Down. It is associated with a line of shaft includin Firs Shafts B1 and B2 on an approximate northwest-southeast alignment between Firs Shaft and the Ivy House entrance from Jones Quarry.
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