Great Haigh Sough

Great Haigh Sough
Overview
LocationUnder the Haigh Hall estate in Haigh, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates53°33′33″N 2°37′03″W / 53.559088°N 2.617436°W / 53.559088; -2.617436
StatusAbandoned
Systemdrainage tunnel
Start1653
End1670
Operation
Opened1670 to present day
OwnerCoal Authority
Technical
Length1,120 yards (1,020 m) long
Tunnel clearance4 feet (1.2 m) high

The Great Haigh Sough is a tunnel or adit driven under Sir Roger Bradshaigh's estate between 1653 and 1670, to drain his coal and cannel pits in Haigh on the Lancashire Coalfield. The sough's portal and two metres of tunnel from where it discharges water into the Yellow Brook at Bottling Wood is a scheduled monument.