The town slowly declined in the middle of the 19th century and ceased to exist at the beginning of the 20th.

About the same time the second hilltop fort was abandoned and the town ceased to be a military site.

The town effectively ceased to exist in 1848, after the entire population had continued their trek west.

By the mid-19th century the town ceased to exist.

On that day, the town ceased to be a fortification.

Eventually the coal ran out, and by 1900 the town ceased to exist.

Sometimes, the town might cease to officially exist, but the physical infrastructure remains.

But the town has ceased being a safe haven for scoundrels.

The town remained the focus of a farming community but ceased to grow - in fact, for more than a century it changed very little.

After the mines were depleted, the town ceased to exist.