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vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 12:53
Brewers Yard Quarry Corsham

Plundered by Toad & Myself

Located virtually underneath JSU Corsham

Not seen this on 28DL yet so here goes! Enjoy :thumb

A very unique former Bath stone quarry, the quarry is small in size but has some interesting features. The quarry comprises of two levels which are connected by a stone staircase and a vertical shaft connecting both levels with the surface. There are many blocks of Ashlar which were stacked up but never moved to the surface.
A very steep and narrow slope shaft leads down in to the upper layer of the quarry. Once inside there is a narrow stone staircase which leads down in to the lower level of the quarry.

In the lower level many sawn blocks of Ashlar are stacked up but were never removed, this was possibly due to a collapse at a smaller shaft in the centre of the mine preventing the removal of the stone.

A shaft has been sunk from the surface down through both levels of the quarry, this would have been used to remove stone from both levels up to the surface. The shaft is now capped.

Entrance slopeshaft
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03672.jpg



Upper level workings
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03671.jpg



Toad stood on 100 years of crap tossed down the main shaft
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03669.jpg



Cracking 40'S perambulator
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03673.jpg



Narrow steps leading to the arch and lower level
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03691.jpg



The arch
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03675.jpg



Cut stone ready to be hauled out
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03682.jpg



Squeeze thru collapse into lower workings
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03690.jpg



Quarrymans scrawlings
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03687.jpg



More..
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03686.jpg



And again.
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03683.jpg



Well earned rest at end of lower workings
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03678.jpg



Looking back over a fall, lower workings
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03676.jpg
styru
March 17th, 2010, 12:59
'tis a nice one this, did it with OT and a group of others last year (had to make that squeeze at the top of the slopeshaft in pissing rain - then 4 bodies back into my car - the upholstery has never been the same since)
vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 13:03
Mate.. lost my footing as i got to the top! slid all the way down to the grate on my arse.. Do it everytime i go in. Keep saying 'takin a rope next time' lol
Shadow
March 17th, 2010, 14:44
'tis a nice one this, did it with OT and a group of others last year (had to make that squeeze at the top of the slopeshaft in pissing rain - then 4 bodies back into my car - the upholstery has never been the same since)

Haha was gunna say, fun times, that couple of days out was awesome, nice to see more people finding the less touristy quarries! Is that group shot still kicking around?
dweeb
March 17th, 2010, 17:20
Very nice, those drawings are amazing!

Is this SRT access?
vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 17:30
No SRT whatsoever! Piss easy access and parking within 50 yards :thumb
dweeb
March 17th, 2010, 17:33
Cool, I'm hitting the mines with OT in the near future. For some reason I thought this was SRT, but I cant wait to see it now!
vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 17:36
Excellent.. she's a great little quarry.. pretty small but off the beaten quarry track and well worth your time man
Derelict-UK
March 17th, 2010, 17:39
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/vwdirtboy/Brewers%20Yard%20Quarry%20Corsham/DSC03678.jpg




Blimey, Sunshine Indoors :D
vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 17:44
lol.. That will be the 900 lumen P7 powered beast :thumb
Shadow
March 17th, 2010, 17:45
This potentially could be SRT, there are places in there to abseil, and if you can find the topside shaft then you could easily abseil into it if you so wished ;)
vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 17:49
This potentially could be SRT, there are places in there to abseil, and if you can find the topside shaft then you could easily abseil into it if you so wished ;)


The top side shaft is about 50 ft away from the entrance in the edge of the woods.. Trouble is its capped with a foot thick concrete slab about 8' x 8'! Good luck with that :D
Shadow
March 17th, 2010, 18:23
The top side shaft is about 50 ft away from the entrance in the edge of the woods.. Trouble is its capped with a foot thick concrete slab about 8' x 8'! Good luck with that :D

I'm sure when we were there we found a top side shaft that was possible to SRT into, might have been a dif place but I thought from inside looking up the shaft between leaves you could see light?
vwdirtboy
March 17th, 2010, 18:28
There's secondary airshaft another 30ft or so away.. that has a slab on it too but it's been broken up and is precariousley balanced over the shaft.. i think thats the one you can see light from :thumb
Shadow
March 17th, 2010, 19:42
There's secondary airshaft another 30ft or so away.. that has a slab on it too but it's been broken up and is precariousley balanced over the shaft.. i think thats the one you can see light from :thumb

Ahh thats the one i meant, was thinking of jacking the slab up and going in that way for sheer lulz ;)
styru
March 17th, 2010, 19:49
Haha was gunna say, fun times, that couple of days out was awesome, nice to see more people finding the less touristy quarries! Is that group shot still kicking around?

Yep, group shot is on OT's report from last November: http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=44823 :thumb

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