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Low Wax Knott Trial, Buttermere
Low Wax Knott Trial
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY188141
1Km square:-   NY1814
10Km square:-   NY11
references:-   Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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Worked by two men in the late 19th century, living in a small hut nearby. When they stopped appearing at the village pub there was a search; the body of one man was found in a pool at Warnscale Bottom. It was thought perhaps the other had killed him and run off.

Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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