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| Nentsberry Haggs Shaft, Alston Moor | ||
| Nentsberry Haggs Shaft | ||
| site name:- | Nent Force Level | |
| locality:- | Nentsberry | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | shaft | |
| coordinates:- | NY76514503 (approx) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7645 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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| hearsay:- |
Sunk 1811-17, 360 feet deep, about 10 feet diameter. This is the last shaft into the
canal level, the drive continues towards Nenthead 150 feet higher in the shaft. |
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| Safely capped, with a viewing platform. Access is allowed by a path from the road
(not from the house path). |
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