Only an adit in the cliff face in this area is visible despite a long
history of attempts at mining dating from before 1770 to a probable closure
in 1845. Copper was worked from veins in the Carboniferous limestone.
The photo was taken by Matt Parkes. See Cole's Memoir page 30.
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