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There is a news item on the BBC site about Brora

29 December 2011 Last updated at 07:37

Coal reserves in Brora in Sutherland 'safeguarded'

Reserves of coal at the site of the UK's most northerly deep coal mine have been "safeguarded" in Highland Council's new planning policy.

Coal was thought to have been first collected from a beach and river at Brora, in Sutherland, in the 1500s.

Mining later began inshore and the last shafts closed in the early 1970s.

Council policy protects the coal remaining from being built over or, if development has to take place, it would be extracted first.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16344625 



More about Brora on the Highland HER.

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG9767 

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG10878 

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG19717 

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG19725 

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG30000 

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG32794 

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG32866 





Martin Briscoe
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