The Coal Authority can be prevailed upon to undertake sympathetic
capping of coal shafts. At Trefonen, near Oswestry, Shropshire, a
local group persuaded the authority to make safe an old shaft leaving
the top couple of feet still visible. They have subsequently made a
feature of this with an interpretation panel and a mine car on
long-term loan from the Shropshire Mines Trust.
David Poyner
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