limestone

This was near Duninga Mill and seemed to be just a flooded quarry with some plant next to it, which it is. However looking it up it was called a ‘limestone flour works’ which sounded interesting. Limestone flour turns out to be an older name for finely ground limestone, now called Aglime, or...

Im in a caving club but they dont really do mines which is more what im interested in tbh ive been down a fair few around south Wales when I lived there and some some urbex around bristol like temple pipe, but I've been fascinated by the bath area mining history for a while, got a survey map...

In Rickmansworth, near the canal is a big factory which was used for limestone works. You can find some of the stuff like the conveyer belts they used there which is quite cool. Only a part of the building is still standing but it is still a good place to check out considering it is very easy...

After 2 attempts of trying to find the entrance and wandering about all over the place (finding one entrance but being completely blocked off), I finally found an entrance on my 3rd visit which was about 5 minutes from where I was parking! I realised I'd been going in the complete wrong...

I was at Cults on Tuesday 18th April 2023 and found what must have been a quite recent roof collapse (last time I was at this entrance was October last year). A large amount of rock, several tons including large boulders was partly blocking what used to be a middle route leading off from the...

Was here just a few weeks ago but returned to look at some of the deeper areas, focusing on a fairly well preserved haulage tunnel in the older western half of the mine which runs in for about 300 yards before hitting the water table, it carries on another hundred yards or so after this. Near...

Bit of a messed up visit to Cults, Missed first train I was meant to get then had done about half the walk there when I realised I'd completely forgotten to bring a compass (very essential if going deep inside this mine). I'd planned to enter the western entrance and track across to the eastern...

I know nothing of this site, other than it is a huge limestone quarry somewhere between Paris and Calais. I was asleep in the car, so I have no bearing on where we actually were lol. Oh yeah, it had a grotto attached to it. Photos: To give you an idea of scale, I am 2m tall

This visit was a short detour when walking along the Anglesey Coastal path enroute to a much older quarry. Late 1800's limestone quarry. Initially stone was carried by pony and cart then an uphaul incline until a wooden pier was constructed around 1900. Considered worked out of economical stone...

All the locals who have lived all their lives in the village of Baxterley refer to this as "the underground house" because no-one who lives there has the faintest idea what it is. It IS a series of quite grandly built structures: but a house? it is not. This one took some researching, trying...

The surrounding buildings definitely look very neo-egyptian and it almost makes the site look like its a themed area out of a closed theme park. There isn't that much other than the buildings and the kilns to see here, but still, a worthwhile explore. You can check out all my photos from this...

I found this cool location on maps..don't really know the history on this one. The digger was the best thing about the explore.

Most the deep central and nearly all eastern areas now beneath the water table, this report is mostly of areas where flooding prevents further exploration. A small bat was seen flying around briefly but it was quite far from the entrance, I've looked for roosting bats on these winter visits but...

History (Stolen from Coflein) Quarrying in Llanddulas was first recorded in 1696 although this was further to the east of what we now know as Llanddulas Quarry. The stone was used primarily for building material both locally and further afield, including Liverpool. Stone to be transported by...

This was a relatively short visit, about 3 hours, I'd no particular plan for this visit so just wandered eastwards from the east entrance, Cults always seems to have another section you've never seen before and I found some good areas that were completely free of string and arrows, much of the...