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Monks Park Mine, Corsham

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Address: Monks Park
Corsham
County: Wiltshire
Postcode: SN13 9PU
Nearest Town: Bath
Map Reference: ST881683
Grid Reference: E: 388100 N: 168300
Further Information: The present Monks Park mine was fiirst worked in 1872, it now covers 38 acres and the freestone is 95ft below the surface (Clifton-Taylor & Simmons 1987: 72).
Associated Name(s): Monks Park Mine, Corsham.
Period(s) Quarried: Post Medieval, Modern.