Converse of subject

• drain: About 83 fathoms further west the Bog shaft is drained by the same adit " .

Converse of object

• drive: A shallow adit driven from near the old reducing works on the South connects with these workings, its mouth is however choked.

• enter: It is possible to enter this adit wading through the water and penetrate the old workings for a considerable distance.

• comprise: A small silver-lead mine comprising two adits ( both open ) and an associated shaft, 500 yards west of Crymych village.

Adjective modifier

• deep: I also feel that the deep adit is probably flooded to above roof level.

• low: The top of a rail truck just broke the surface in the lower adit.

• old: What was even more puzzling was that the noise was coming from below him in the old abandoned adit.

• main: The two main adits into the Shorts Factory tunnels have been retained.

• ancient: The ancient adits at Ayios Kyriakos have to be interpreted in this light.

• shallow: A shallow adit driven from near the old reducing works on the South connects with these workings, its mouth is however choked.

Modifies a noun

• entrance: Just to the north behind the north wall is an adit entrance which enters native rock with no tips above.

• level: In order to drain the water, an adit level was driven out from a natural passage at the depth of 120ft.

• mine: DRIFT or ADIT mines, SHAFT or DEEP mines and OPEN CAST mines.

• mouth: Water still runs from the adit mouth, which is drystone lined with neat large flat stones placed horizontally.

Noun used with modifier

• mining: The species associated with mining adits are threatened by capping.

• drainage: Photo 4. There is evidence of a building adjacent to the drainage adit.

• mine: To see piskies dancing in a mine adit, this is meant to show that there are rich ore lodes in the mine.

• entrance: We spent a little time finding the entrance adit, and proceeded to stroll in.

• trial: Three trial adits on south bank of Nant Ceibwr, 400 yards upstream from old smithy.

• side: At about 6 places we were greeted by a BW bod in a side adit, checking our progress.