got[26] - Overview

The whole of this site had been back-filled to the point that nothing was visible at the surface. it was only discovered in 1987 when it was decided to provide a landscaped car parking area, and someone realised what the diggers had exposed ...

The bridge crosses the top of "Vivian's Shaft" sunk in the 19th century to exploit the deeper levels, which the Victorians could access after steam engines were used to pump water [there was also a sea-level audit cut to drain the lower levels]. Mining ceased around 1881 ...