History Trog
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While walking up Masson yesterday to have another look over some lost mines there, I noticed that Devonshire Cavern has been put up for sale at offers around ?350,000. It comes complete with 3 acres of woodland and a four-bedroomed detached house. I believe it is only about the second time in sixty years that this property has come on the market.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30083514.html
The blurb states that
An interesting point of note is that there is a Cavern situated within the garden known as Devonshire Cavern (originally Coalpit Rake). The workings at Coalpit Rake are highly distinctive in character and Devonshire Cavern can be shown to be an ancient mine of particular importance, both for its intrinsic interest and the ease with which it can be explored and thus shown to people in order to promote interest in mining history and archeology.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30083514.html
The blurb states that
An interesting point of note is that there is a Cavern situated within the garden known as Devonshire Cavern (originally Coalpit Rake). The workings at Coalpit Rake are highly distinctive in character and Devonshire Cavern can be shown to be an ancient mine of particular importance, both for its intrinsic interest and the ease with which it can be explored and thus shown to people in order to promote interest in mining history and archeology.
