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'Cave' / '[Large] Badger Hole' ...

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  • 19-09-2013 1:53pm
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    BeerWolf
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    Or so we thought... was a fecking sink hole that quickly expanded over a few days - to which the horses manage to escape around!

    :mad:


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    slowburner
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    BeerWolf wrote: »
    Or so we thought... was a fecking sink hole that quickly expanded over a few days - to which the horses manage to escape around!

    :mad:
    Where was this?


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    BeerWolf
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    slowburner wrote: »
    Where was this?

    Near Oldtown, in Co. Dublin - there used to be a mine here that's been filled up. I believe this was what contributed to it.


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    slowburner
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    BeerWolf wrote: »
    Near Oldtown, in Co. Dublin - there used to be a mine here that's been filled up. I believe this was what contributed to it.
    Sounds interesting.

    This image shows Oldtown in 1838 and 1860 (approx). The extensive quarries were obviously filled in some time between these two dates.
    Is this close to where the subsidence occurred?
    272564.png


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