real time web analytics
Report - - Browns Folly - Grahams Grovel - Wiltshire - Sep 2011 | Mines and Quarries | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Browns Folly - Grahams Grovel - Wiltshire - Sep 2011

Hide this ad by donating or subscribing !

OptiBull

Custom User Title
28DL Full Member
Browns has been done many times, but i have never seen a report form this section of the workings.

Browns underground quarry was originally part of the larger Monkton Farleigh Mine. It was cut off from the main quarry when the War Department converted MF for ammunition storage.

The passage we crawled down would have originally linked browns to the larger MF part of the workings. The link between to two has been now bricked up as the MF districts are now privately owned. But you can still see a section of this tunnel.

There are a few nice features here that almost make the painful crawl across the dead stone worth it!

:Not Worthy To who ever discovered this root in the first place :thumb

Its a tight old 'grovel' till you get to a lovely open tunnel

6192604369_9a445a90cd_b.jpg


6193111934_9377ab1aa7_b.jpg


6193115306_07c541f7a0_b.jpg


6193114746_d91dc75c6f_b.jpg


This picture shows where the tunnel shrinks down under the arch.

6192602023_172ecaea0b_b.jpg


Spent ages trying to get a photo of this barrel, water has collected in it and the high lime content has literally turned it to stone.

6192595467_29a16113ea_b.jpg


6192602647_a154089ecb_b.jpg


Random place to find a stop tap? Still works too :thumb

6193116828_bb29157242_b.jpg


Heading back through the dead stone i noticed the tip of this sticking out. So we got are dig on and uncovered this nice little find burred in the stone...

6192605141_dfb96348d1_b.jpg


Its very damp in Browns atm, when we were popping over to the well to wash up found these little beauties growing in the prop chamber.

6192606297_b573415cc7_b.jpg


Thanks for looking.
 

Lenston

Bajo Tierra
Regular User
It was a couple of years ago we did it mate, not been back since but might pop in there shortly to have a look.
 

professor frink

Reppin Bumbaclaat
28DL Full Member
GG is still accessible but the wall at end is heavily reinforced from the inside.
You could probably d19 into the goal nearby though ;)
 

Kirkymole

Banned
Banned
Blocking of the grovel is/was nothing to do with Brian, you've got Dave The Cave to thank for that. I mean, come on, Brian can't even get into it. It's yet another of Dave's petty attempts to play the politics game by pinning shit on Brian, whilst portraying himself as the good guy, to progess his own 'status' amongst the broader community.
 

Lord Oort

Fear is the little death
Regular User
My bad, I knew someone had told me it was blocked and Bwian was the obvious choice for doing it.
 

Ojay

Admin
Staff member
Admin
What do these goons gain by doing this, maybe score points with Wansdyke's :wanker
 
Top