An 1881 OS map of Bakestonedale shows lime kilns, brick kilns, coal shafts and a smithy along the narrow Bakestonedale valley road, near to Hammond's brick works. Ultimately brick production and the associated extraction of coal and fireclay became the sole preserve of Hammond's. Peak District National Park planners eventually put a stop to the industry in the mid 1960s. A number of deep mine shafts remained open until the 1970s when they were capped by the then National Coal Board, leaving distinctive concrete obelisks on the shaft tops.

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1. View of the Cage and Lyme Park – The Lantern, Lyme Park loop from Middlewood

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04:12

340m

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2. Lyme Hall – The Cage at Lyme Park loop from Disley

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04:15

350m

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3. Sponds Hill Trig Point – Andrew's Knob loop from Pott Shrigley

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01:58

160m

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Location: Pott Shrigley, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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Bakestonedale Moor Coal Mining Monument

1. View of the Cage and Lyme Park – The Lantern, Lyme Park loop from Middlewood

2. Lyme Hall – The Cage at Lyme Park loop from Disley

3. Sponds Hill Trig Point – Andrew's Knob loop from Pott Shrigley

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