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Slates among the bracken

Brian Skillen

Slates among the bracken

an old Scottish slate quarry

by Brian Skillen

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Edition Notes

Photocopied extract from British Mining, No.41, (Memoirs) 1990.

StatementBrian S. Skillen.
The Physical Object
Paginationp. 14-18
Number of Pages18
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL19797533M


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