Ironstone Drift, Coombs Wood near Beckhole

The drift entrance in clearly visible from the course of an old tramway which runs back towards the other remains at West Beck.
Ironstone Drift entrance in Combs Wood, Beck HoleIronstone Drift in Combs Wood, Beck Hole

There are few inches of water in the bottom of drift, but it can easily be explored.

Ironstone Drift in Combs Wood, Beck Hole Ironstone Drift in Combs Wood, Beck Hole

After roughly 20m the drift ends at a clean rockface rather than at any sort of collapse, suggesting this was just a trial drift.

End of Ironstone Drift in Combs Wood, Beck Hole

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