Ingleton Coal

[alanw]

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Sadly behind a pay wall.

I could see it by selecting "reader view" in Firefox.

Could do with a bit of checking and subediting though: the labyrinthine, 22-mile network of caverns below Ingleton.

Ingleton Coal - Northern Mine Research Society

The Ingleton Coalfield is about six miles long, being bounded on its north-east side by the South Craven Fault, from Cold Cotes, two miles south-east of Ingleton, to Leck Beck, some four miles to the north-west. It is shaped like a segment of a circle, the chord of which is...

nmrs.org.uk

 

[mikem]

Presumably should be Ingleborough rather than ton!

 

[Lankyman]

Presumably should be Ingleborough rather than ton!

Is there a '22-mile network' of anything under either the hill or the village?

 

[mikem]

No idea, but Three Counties was apparently 22nd longest in world:

The Three Counties Cave - An Underground Labyrinth Beneath The Yorkshire Dales - Hello Yorkshire

Joined up thinking as UK potholers have successfully linked 60 miles of underground tunnels beneath Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria - read how and see spectacular pictures here.

www.hello-yorkshire.co.uk

 

[mikem]

Well, this now makes no sense at all, having been cut out of another conversation!