Califat Coal Mine
North West Leicestershire, Italy
The Califat Coal Mine began in 1852, when William Worswick signed a lease with Wyggeston Hospital, Leicester. The Coleorton No 2 Colliery was then sunk. It was named after the town of Calafat, now in Romania, then in the Ottoman Empire, which was under siege by Russian forces. The site has been subj
ect to various excavations and restorations since the 1960s.
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- Coleorton Hall monumenti · 2 km away
- Whitwick Castle castelli · 3 km away
- Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry quarry · 4 km away
- Mount St Bernard Abbey chiese · 5 km away
- Staunton Harold Church chiese · 5 km away
- Church of St John the Baptist chiese · 5 km away
- Ashby de la Zouch Castle castelli · 5 km away
- St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch chiese · 5 km away