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September 04, 2004

Bunton Hush, Gunnerside Gill, Swaledale

main_1691s.jpgThe photograph shows a 'hush'.The lead-miners dammed streams above where they suspected ore to occur and released the water to scour away the material overlying the ore.

Posted by padraig at September 4, 2004 11:35 PM

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