quarry

Decided too go here as it we couldn't get into bethel quarry and it was close by, first mine i have ever went into so we didn't want too take too many risks so we mainly kept too the big open paths, as such we didn't manage too get to the crane near the end of the tunnel as it is through a...

Hello people. This is my first report, so go easy on me 😆 Hoping to get a few more written up in the next coming weeks. Please feel free to give me some feedback too!! *All photos taken on iPhone 17 Pro Max This report is focused on the highlight of our July 2026 trip: Crich Quarry. After a...

History Located under Brownes Folly (a small tower commissioned by Wade Browne, at the time the quarry owner, in 1848) sits a huge network of tunnels originally dug to extract the unique high quality and easily-carved Bath stone the area provides. Originally, the area was quarried at a small...

Having lived in the region for a long time we are no strangers to the former railways of the region having explored the Cambrian railways and Tanat valley light railway many times even before the Oswestry to Weston section came under the control of the Cambrian Heritage Railways. What makes this...

Hellooooo all, I hope I am posting this in the right threads. Decided to take a valentines walk along the Jurassic coast in Dorset! What better way to treat your lady by asking her to drive 3 hours and then walk around 4 hours along the coastal path, in thick mud and close to the edge of giant...

History Bixslade, a valley in the forest of dean, is primarily known for its coal workings but also features a series of pennant sandstone quarries, the earliest records of which showing a lease to John Hawtyne for 4 shillings for a farm including one of the quarries in the 15th century...

Visited back in 2022 on a chilly jaunt around the Saarlouis environs looking at old forts, various holes in the ground and a preserved steels works. If you ever find yourself in the vicinity of the massive Maginot bunker, Hacekenberg, buried in the hills close to the German Border, you'll also...

October 2025 Earlier this month, I finally made it to Aberllefeni Slate Quarry with @ACID-REFLUX. True to form, the weather was wet and cold — pretty much par for the course on any Welsh mine trip I’ve done. We explored the remnants of the old workings, and despite the conditions, the site had...

Hi people me and @Doozer and @Llama shot over to some shafts I found in middle of some fields over Merstham, all il say is they are in a spot that was quarried before but nothing to do with any of the firestone mines.. does anyone have any info on these n does anyone recognise them n know where...

History Two underground mines were discovered in the 60’s by cavers, one was named quarry dean and the other was named football field quarry. Both mines (which I’m convinced were connected at one point) date back as early as the roman era. The stone quarried from these mines were used to build...

Moodisburn Quarry Random post time of which I have no info but was scrolling back catalogue for something different again. Visited this place way back, it appears to be a small quarry works with a now flooded quarried area adjacent but was of no significant size. Im presuming it was gravel...

I was in Wales so decided to take a walk around Dorothea slate quarry. There was a lot more bits left to see than I anticipated. History In the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, stand the remains of Plas Talysarn (also known as Talysarn Hall) and the vast Dorothea slate quarry. Once symbols of...

So in a world where we are shackled by rules and restrictions. Governed and ridiculed. Monitored and controlled. One finds it ever so difficult... to conform anymore. I emplore you to get out there and explore. Hunt those treasures that lay hidden. Open up to the world and what it can offer...

A couple of months back, plans were first mooted with some friends of mine to have a weekend away in North Wales, Wales as a whole is a part of the UK we all love as there is so much to explore and it's stunningly beautiful, and spurred on by myself wanting to see the turbine house at Penrhyn...

First Report. Grahams Grovel is a 200 metre long tunnel linking District 20 of Monkton Farleigh CAD to the larger mine workings. It runs almost exactly north-south and can only be accessed by a 75 metre belly crawl over deads. District 20 of the CAD sits at a lower elevation to the accessible...