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Formations in Brynlow adit

Gallery: Brynlow Mine

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Title: Formations in Brynlow adit
Comments: Copper-rich water has stained the walls

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The entrance looking up valley. The figures give scale.

The entrance during digging

Opening the mine

In the Brynlow Adit

Car Shaft

At the junction in Brynlow adit

The end section of the adit

Shothole at end of adit

On the fault at adit level

Formations in Brynlow adit

In the adit following the fault

The dig on the Hough level

1764 on the wall in Brynlow

1866 on the wall in Brynlow

1805 date

1866 date

Visitor in the mine

Abandoned miners' ladder, probably from the 20th century

Climbing up to the highest point

Top main passage in Brynlow

Possible Bronze age pits

Recent capping on the inclined shaft in Brynlow

In the high-level passages

In the high-level passages

18th century passage

18th century passage

Boot Hill

Water transport

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