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| Elliscales Iron Mines, Dalton Town with Newton | ||
| Elliscales Iron Mines | ||
| civil parish:- | Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | iron mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | SD22677502 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2275 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 9) placename:- Elliscales Iron Mines |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Elliscales Iron Mines" "Pit No.1 / Old Shaft / Old Engine Shed / Air Shaft / Old Magazine" "Pit No.2 / Levels / Engine House" "Pit No.3 / Old Shafts" "Pit No.4 / Old Shaft / Engine House" "Pit No.6 / Smithy / Engine House" "Pit No.7 / Old Shaft / Engine House" etc etc. Served by tramroads |
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| notes:- |
There is a shaft at SD22957482; dangerous |
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| Holland 1960 |
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