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dam 08-03-2011 07:57

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Does anybody know what this is and if its still there.

jaysay 08-03-2011 08:23

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Remember seeing something like that when I was a kid, think somebody said it was a ventilation shaft for a coal mine, but it was fenced of and had a cover

Mick 08-03-2011 08:26

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looks more like a drainage culvert entrance
looks like a reservoir in the background
no idea where and could be wrong but that's my thought on it

Bob Dobson 08-03-2011 09:09

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I am going for something connected with the nearby waterworks/reservoir. The brickwork around the opening would likely be done when the res. was being planned.
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Neil 08-03-2011 09:15

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There is a road in the background. I have seen small tunnels under roads before to let foxes, badgers etc cross under the road. This looks too far away from the road though for that.

bekibird 08-03-2011 09:21

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An old well???

dam 08-03-2011 09:39

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 890176)
There is a road in the background. I have seen small tunnels under roads before to let foxes, badgers etc cross under the road. This looks too far away from the road though for that.



your getting WARM but it wasn`t to let foxes etc through. the road is the key

Benipete 08-03-2011 11:25

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Looks like it's there to stop the road from flooding.

Tealeaf 08-03-2011 11:43

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I think it's called a hole.

Neil 08-03-2011 14:41

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Originally Posted by Benipete (Post 890199)
Looks like it's there to stop the road from flooding.

I wondered about that but the land does not look like it would flood

yerself 08-03-2011 15:08

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To take a stream under the road? Is it the one in Huncoat between the Griffin and Hapton?

Pudwoppa 09-03-2011 00:38

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Could be the collapsed roof from a coke oven or kiln? Looks very similar to the ones near blythes, but it's definitely a different road in the background.

Mick 09-03-2011 04:52

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Originally Posted by dam (Post 890186)
your getting WARM but it wasn`t to let foxes etc through. the road is the key

If you know what it is why are you bothering us with it ??

Bob Dobson 09-03-2011 08:33

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It's time to show your hand Mick. You are getting as bad as Retlaw - no, I take that back.

JCB 09-03-2011 09:49

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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa (Post 890395)
Could be the collapsed roof from a coke oven or kiln? Looks very similar to the ones near blythes, but it's definitely a different road in the background.

That's what came to mind when I first saw it .


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