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Gossipgate Shaft, Alston Moor
Gossipgate Shaft
site name:-   Nent Force Level
locality:-   Gossipgate
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   shaft
coordinates:-   NY72494680 (approx) 
1Km square:-   NY7246
10Km square:-   NY74

hearsay:-  
Sunk 1780, 63 feet deep, about 6 feet diameter.
All that is left is a slight depression in a cottage garden.

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