Description:
Modern lead mine.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records "Lead Mines" at this location. The map shows a single building, probably an engine house, immediately to the east of a shaft, and north of a spoil heap. The grid reference relates to the mineshaft.
Modern mapping implies that more than one shaft is present.
Country: Isle of Man
County: Rushen
Parish: Arbory
Named Location: Ballacorkish, Colby
Grid Reference:
SC220699
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 222056, 469971
Period/Subject: MODERN - LEAD MINE
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: 2922.00
[ADS] Import RCN: MANX15-2922.00
People Involved:
[Publisher] Manx National Heritage
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