The Bog Mine
The Bog Mine is a ruins in Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, England. The Bog Mine is situated nearby to The Bog Visitor Centre, as well as near the peak Nipstone Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stiperstones and Hoarstones.
Stiperstones
Peak
Photo: Martyn B, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stiperstones is a distinctive hill in Shropshire, England. The quartzite rock of the ridge formed some 480 million years ago. During the last Ice Age Stiperstones lay on the eastern margin of the Welsh ice sheet.
Hoarstones
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hoarstones, or Hoar Stone Circle, is a stone circle in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton in the English county of Shropshire. The Hoarstones are part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Hoarstones is situated 2½ miles northwest of The Bog Mine.
Horse Shoe Inn
Pub
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horse Shoe Inn is a pub, which is situated 2½ miles east of The Bog Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Bog and Shelve.
The Bog
Locality
The Bog is a former mining community in Shropshire, England. It lies 6 miles north of Bishops Castle, east of the A488, at grid reference SO355979. It was once a busy village with over 200 buildings.
Shelve
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shelve is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worthen with Shelve in Shropshire district of Shropshire, England. It is to the west of the Stiperstones ridge and east of Stapeley Hill, at an altitude of about 342 metres, and is some 2 miles from the England–Wales border to the west.
Stiperstones
Village
Photo: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stiperstones is a village, which is situated 1½ miles north of The Bog Mine.
The Bog Mine
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.57418° or 52° 34′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.95132° or 2° 57′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C4VH2FX+MFOpenStreetMap ID
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historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Bog Visitor Centre and Nipstone Rock.
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