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Author	Bell pits a plenty opening up
pwhole Joined: 22/02/2011 Location: Sheffield and the Peak District View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Bell pits a plenty opening up Posted: 30/10/2020 12:57:44 Reply \| Quote I thought bell pits were normally totally backfilled with the spoil dug from a new, adjacent one? In which case minor subsidence at the shaft top would be the only likely change over time. If the spoil heaps were subsequently removed it suggests that the tops were levelled and stable. Isn't it more likely to be crown holes opening up over shallow horizontal (pillar and stall) workings? IP: 81.174.241.13
Down and beyond Joined: 16/03/2019 Location: Northamptonshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Bell pits a plenty opening up Posted: 30/10/2020 13:19:07 Reply \| Quote We have these show up in are fields a lot normally is a slight tunnel collapse , once the fields get ploughed you see more show up after the heavy farming machines go over them . I did read a part on there saying in one he saw different tunnels going of in other directions so could be at a large tramway junction ? -- From the land of the pillar and stall IP: 82.132.229.133

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