Haunted Britain - Magpie Mine
by David Birchall
Title
Haunted Britain - Magpie Mine
Artist
David Birchall
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Magpie Mine is a derelict lead mine sitting on bleak, open, windswept moorland near the Derbyshire village of Sheldon. Before finally closing in 1954 it had a colorful 200 year history of bonanzas and bankruptcies, disputes and fights resulting in the murder of three workers from a rival mine, and a widow's curse supposedly still active to this day.
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January 2nd, 2014
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Comments (18)
Michaela Perryman 4 Hours Ago
Congratulations, featured in Best of British Group 24th April 2024 You are invited to add this featured image to our Featured Images Discussion page April - June 2024. This is a permanent reminder of images featured in this group during this second quarter
David Birchall
Thank you very much Barbie for featuring my image in "The 200 Club", much appreciated.
Guido Strambio
Just wonderful, fascinating monochrome image, gorgeous warm light and vintage tones! l/f
David Birchall
Thank you very much John for featuring my image in "Images That Excite You", much appreciated.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
David Birchall
Thank you so much as usual Sandi for your very kind comments. This is a very bleak, spooky spot when getting to dusk, I didn't wait around too long !
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