Alnwick Moor bell pits - Scheduling
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Description
...The monument includes the remains of at least 100 pits and shafts of 16th-17th century date, spread over an area of about 35ha. on Alnwick Moor. The shafts were originally used for quarrying coal from the Scremerston coal measures and are of varying sizes. Some shafts are surrounded by collars of spoil forming shaft mounds and between them are the remains of associated gin circles and buildings which are preserved as low earthworks.... -
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Historic England -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006419
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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