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Medomsley, Swallow Pits
Medomsley
54.888943, -1.815550
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Closed:
19th c
19th c
Entry Created:
11 Jul 2022
Last Updated:
11 Jul 2022
Reclaimed
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Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - Two shafts are shown as working on the 1857 Ordnance Survey just north of the village of Medomsley. Facilities were rudimentary and coal was likely extracted by hand. By the 1898 Ordnance Survey the mine was disused and later disappeared.
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