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Latitude: 51.3611 / 51°21'39"N
Longitude: -2.3121 / 2°18'43"W
OS Eastings: 378364
OS Northings: 162491
OS Grid: ST783624
Mapcode National: GBR 0QR.Q7T
Mapcode Global: VH96T.W11X
Plus Code: 9C3V9M6Q+C5
Entry Name: Lock Walls and Basin Wall at Entrance of Somersetshire Coal Canal South of Basin at West of Dundas Aqueduct
Listing Date: 21 January 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1276919
English Heritage Legacy ID: 408167
ID on this website: 101276919
Location: Claverton Down, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Civil Parish: Monkton Combe
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Wall
5120
ST 76 SE MONKTON COMBE
SP 833 Lock walls and basin wall at
entrance of Somersetshire Coal
Canal south of basin at West
of Dundas Aqueduct.
GV II
Former entrance lock and basin wall. Early C19, canal construction began 1801. The Surveyor for the Coal Canal Company was William Smith, 'Father of British Geology'.
Ashlar. About 20 metres long, 2.5 metres wide, former entrance lock, shorn of
gates, 3 deep courses to water level, cap stones deeply traffic worn, gate recesses and to east 3 inserted deeper recesses visible; at south end the east wall sweeps round and then continues as basin wall, now capped with C20 timbers, for a further 50 metres. Canal closed in 1904 and lock was back filled, re-excavated 1985 for use as a marina for craft using Kennet and Avon Canal.
Listing NGR: ST7836462491
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