Left coal mining near here (5)
I believe the answer is:
local
'left' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'coal mining near here' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'coal' is 'loca' which is within the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for local that I've seen before include "Neighbourhood pub or resident" , "where the neighbours drink?" , "Regional, parochial" , "nearest boozer!" , "Purchase" .)