Hospital Plantation, Carlisle

Abandoned lead mine

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I found this mine marked as disused on an 1862 map. Today it is almost completely overgrown in summer and the entrance is partially collapsed in. This was a 'level' which was used to drain water from the lead mine.

Uploaded to Geograph by John Chapman on 27 March 2010

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