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Old 08-03-2011, 07:57   #1
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Does anybody know what this is and if its still there.
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Old 08-03-2011, 08:23   #2
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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
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Old 08-03-2011, 08:26   #3
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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
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:09   #4
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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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Old 08-03-2011, 09:15   #5
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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.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:21   #6
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An old well???
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:39   #7
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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.


your getting WARM but it wasn`t to let foxes etc through. the road is the key
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Old 08-03-2011, 11:25   #8
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Looks like it's there to stop the road from flooding.
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Old 08-03-2011, 11:43   #9
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I think it's called a hole.
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Old 08-03-2011, 14:41   #10
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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
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Old 08-03-2011, 15:08   #11
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To take a stream under the road? Is it the one in Huncoat between the Griffin and Hapton?
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Old 09-03-2011, 00:38   #12
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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.
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Old 09-03-2011, 04:52   #13
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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 ??
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Old 09-03-2011, 08:33   #14
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It's time to show your hand Mick. You are getting as bad as Retlaw - no, I take that back.
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Old 09-03-2011, 09:49   #15
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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.
That's what came to mind when I first saw it .
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