Speculation Colliery

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Speculation Colliery was an early endeavour to get at the deep reserves of coal in the Dean. Not a very successful mine and closed by 1925. The colliery has been long cleared and is now a picnic site although the top of one of the partly filled shafts is still visible in the corner of the meadow surrounded by wire fencing.

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Coordinates: 51°49'7"N 2°33'42"W

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