A small area of coal in the Upper Howgate Edge Grit, about 150 feet below the summit of Pen-y-ghent, is shown on geological maps. The only coal pits shown by the Ordnance Survey, however, are just outside that area, suggesting that the miners were looking for the Fountains Fell coal.
Gill, M.C. “Great Dales Coalfield, Eastern Areas” British Mining No.86 (2008), pp.68-108
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