tarboat's photos with the keyword: obelisk

The fading sign indicates the hand of the long defunct N.C.B (National Coal Board) in the capping of this eighteenth century coal mine at Pott Shrigley. Having installed the cap over the stone lined shaft, the only danger that I could perceive was that of tripping over the concrete obelisk itself! Sadly, this sort of engineering has destroyed much of the archaeological evidence that had survived at the surface.