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Sharkham Point Iron Mine

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Inside an Adit of the abandoned Sharkham Point Iron Mine, Brixham
Inside an Adit of the abandoned Sharkham Point Iron Mine, Brixham

Sharkham Point Iron Mine was an iron mine at Sharkham Point, near the town of Brixham in Devon. The mine was worked for around 125 years and employed at its peak 100 workers. It was primarily an open cast mine, but five shafts and six adits are also mentioned in reports of the site. Some are still accessible today, but since the area was used as a rubbish tip in the 1950s and 60s, much of the archaeology has been covered over.

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Sharkham Point Iron Mine
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Sharkham Point National Nature Reserve

St. Mary's Road
TQ5 9GQ , Higher Brixham
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Inside an Adit of the abandoned Sharkham Point Iron Mine, Brixham
Inside an Adit of the abandoned Sharkham Point Iron Mine, Brixham
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