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N27944

Padon Hill, bell pits

Tarset

55.220440, -2.294379

Opened:

Closed:

18th c

18th c

Entry Created:

31 Mar 2022

Last Updated:

31 Mar 2022

Reclaimed

Condition:

Owners: 

Description (or HER record listing)

An extensive area of coal workings, in the form of bell pits and shafts, stretch for a distance of 1.4km around the south/south-west slopes of Padon Hill. They are visible as earthworks and belonged to Highgreen Coal and are shown on a mine plan of 1764.

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Historic Environment Records

Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past

Tyne and Wear: Sitelines

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