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Banwell Plain, Banwell.
NGR: | ST 4060 5904 |
WGS84: | 51.32734, -2.85390 |
Length: | 62 m |
Depth: | 12 m |
Altitude: | 43 m |
Tags: | Mine |
Registry: | westmendip |
A low entrance passage leads into roomy upper and lower galleries. This mine was once used to store the empty mining drams and there are rails and stemples still in situ.
Alternate Names: Pool Mine
Surveys:
Banwell Ochre Mines, Copestake, J., Tonkin, G., Smith, B., 1952
Banwell Ochre MInes, Hunt, J.W., 1956
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This entry was last updated: 2024-03-06 18:23:50
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