The Great Haigh Sough is a tunnel or adit driven under Sir Roger Bradshaigh's estate between 1653 and 1670, to drain his coal and cannel pits in Haigh on the Lancashire Coalfield. The sough's portal and two metres of tunnel from where it discharges water into the Yellow Brook at Bottling Wood is a … See more Cannel coal had been dug from bell pits on Bradshaigh's estate since the 14th century where the seam was very close to the surface near the Old School Cottages. The sough was driven to drain the pits, which produced both coal … See more The sough discharged iron-rich minewater into the Yellow Brook in Bottling Wood, discolouring it, and the River Douglas downstream, with ochre deposits. Water infiltrated the pits … See more The 1,120 yards (1,020 m) long tunnel, up to six feet wide and four feet high, had ten ventilation shafts each up to 3 yards (2.7 m) wide and up to 49 yards (45 m) deep. Driven from Bottling Wood to Park Pit, work started in 1653 and finished in 1670. The miners used … See more • Englands lesser known ancient monument on YouTube - Great Haigh Sough and Aspull Pumping Pit See more WebThe journey time between London and Great Haigh Sough is around 2h 21m and covers a distance of around 197 miles. This includes an average layover time of around 4 min. …

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Webstretch for about a mile under the Haigh estate. 350 years later the Great Haigh Sough is still working, draining water from the ancient workings and to prove it Tony France has unique footage of the interior, demonstrating the excellent quality of 17th WebThe cannel coal was mined from Tudor times but by the mid-1600s the mines were wet and had started flooding. To remedy this, between 1653 and 1670, Sir Roger Bradshaw built a sough or adit: the Great Haigh Sough, which ran for about a mile under his estate. It still drains water from the ancient workings. ont to pvd

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