A-haaaa...! Many thanks Tiompan. There's me hoping for summat more arcane to come along. Oh well. Thanks for enlightening me.
They don't look like holes made by miners. They'd be deeper and less eroded at the lip.
Here's some holes drilled by miners on a stone:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/11829
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