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lr85
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5 years ago

I was out walking today and wandered up to a disused mine shown on os maps on scarrowmanwick fell and can't find anything out about it, theres a partly blocked off adit next to a pheasant run and that's about it, it's quite near a disused quarry. Does anyone have an information about it?

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Morlock
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5 years ago

'Burned Edge Mine' (coal) at NY596468?

https://www.aditnow.co.uk/Mines/Burnt-Edge-Coal-Colliery_17482/

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b953.htm

Brooks
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5 years ago

British Mining no 88 has a note on it also Smith and Murphy mines of the West Pennines

rodel
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5 years ago

a slight confusion of names here. Burnt Edge Colliery is in the Lancs area near Bolton. The mine in question is Burned Hill Mine and was a small scale operation done by the men working the nearby Clint Quarries in the 19th century and who lived in cottages nearby (now long gone ) and would be for domestic use.

Morlock
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5 years ago

It would appear so.:-[

lr85
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5 years ago

Brilliant, thank you. Do you know if anyone has explored it?

Morlock
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5 years ago

Well out of my area, perhaps some knowledgeable local on here may have more info.

Hattlebags
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5 years ago

Out of interest, the name Scarrowmanwick Fell means Scary Man Place Hill. Apparently the name refers to a local vampire legend of a demon that appeared as a man and sucked the blood of travellers. May well have been a story put about to stop people stealing from the mines ;o)

RJV
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5 years ago

"Hattlebags" wrote:
ocal vampire legend of a demon that appeared as a man and sucked the blood of travellers.

Nowadays more commonly known as MOTO Southwaite Services...

johnwin
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5 years ago

#10

The vampire was possibly the Croglin Vampire just up the road.

Hattlebags
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5 years ago

#11

Yes, surely connected. Croglin is the village at the foot of Scarrowmanwick. There have been vampire like legends around there for centuries (possibly many centuries). These were popularised in the 1800’s by a novel set in Croglin Grange. But the author was simply rehashing the local legends rather than creating a new story.