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Cliff Quarry Rift Cliff Quarry Hole Compton Combe Shelter Dipping Well
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Compton Combe, Compton Martin.
| NGR: | ST 5420 5670 |
| WGS84: | 51.30756, -2.65843 |
| Length: | 399 m |
| Depth: | 18 m |
| Altitude: | 152 m |
| Tags: | Mine |
| Registry: | mcr-cn |
Low tunnel at back of opencast working leads into mazy mine in single bed of red ochre, worked by pillar and stall method.
Alternate Names: The Redding Works, Cliff Quarry
Notes: Thought to have been worked between 1910 and 1960 as a small, usually two man, business.
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