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Birks Head (Gypsum)

OS Grid Ref: NY 66500 25600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birks Head (Gypsum)

Colliery Page   main page for Birks Head (Gypsum)

In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Birks Head (Gypsum) are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Acorn Bank (Gypsum) Temple Sowerby 3.1m/5.1km  08 Jan 1938
Birkshead Mine Appleby 0.1m/0.3km  
Bolton Quarry  3.0m/4.9km  
Crowdundle Quarry  3.2m/5.2km  
Dufton Fell (Lead Ore) Dufton Fell 3.6m/5.9km  
Dufton Fell Head (Lead Ore) Dufton Fell 3.3m/5.4km  
Dufton Smelting Mill (Lead) Dufton 1.8m/3.0km  
Dunfell Hush  4.9m/7.9km  
Knock Hush Duffton 3.8m/6.1km  
Knock Parish Quarry Knock 2.3m/3.7km  
Knock Quarry  3.3m/5.3km  
Longriggs Quarry (Gypsum) Appleby 0.6m/1.1km  
Newbiggin Mine (Gypsum) Appleby 2.3m/3.7km  
Newbiggin Quarry Appleby 2.8m/4.6km  
Silverband (Barytes) Dunfell 4.4m/7.1km  
Stamp Hill Mine Kirkby Thore, Vale of Eden 0.6m/1.1km  
Threlkeld Side Mine (Lead Ore) Dufton 3.6m/5.9km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birks Head (Gypsum)

Colliery Page   main page for Birks Head (Gypsum)

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