Visited with Richard B and Foz101 on grey Sunday morning. RichardB's original report can be found here....
Sandstone has been quarried here for centuries, apparently it is particularly good in this area :
After a wee stroll through the woods (past the 'slipper'o'doom') and left at the rope-swing, we arrived at our destination
In we went
All the supports that had been left in place had been hand-dressed, i can only assume this was done as practice for the masons.
Further in, a small pond of water, the only real damp in this place :
We also noticed the vein of shale, visible at the top of every support, and often visibly crumbling
The curved, dressed wall, a real work of art
The infamously well-endowed 'Ladyboy of Blebo' :
This place has seen severall rockfalls, I cannot stress enough how dodgy the roof in here is :
It may look as though the large slab is resting on the rocks in the middle of this shot, but that is due to the perspective - it's just hanging there
Cracks abound in the roof, sometimes you only notice 'em on the photos! This was a rather neat little timber arrangement, packed with rocks, a form of support I assume :
Another timber and rock-packed arrangement :
The 'wall of deads' - pretty much the most stable part of this place
As mentioned by RichardB this is not as spacious as it appears - here's his 'ghost' crawling in to give a sense of scale :
More ceiling-collapses litter the floor :
A ghostly Foz101 doing his thing :
Daylight beckoned, time to go
Looking back in, more dressed-stone, and more collapses
It would have been rude not too test the rope-swing on the way back
I really enjoyed my first foray underground, big thanks to RichardB for this one, and also for the loan of a flash-gun
As I mentioned previously, this place is dodgy, I can't recommend it to others for that reason. So if you do decide to take a nosey. 'on your head be it'
Sandstone has been quarried here for centuries, apparently it is particularly good in this area :
(Taken from 'A Short History of Kemback Parish' by Maurice Milne, Session Clerk)
After a wee stroll through the woods (past the 'slipper'o'doom') and left at the rope-swing, we arrived at our destination
In we went
All the supports that had been left in place had been hand-dressed, i can only assume this was done as practice for the masons.
Further in, a small pond of water, the only real damp in this place :
We also noticed the vein of shale, visible at the top of every support, and often visibly crumbling
The curved, dressed wall, a real work of art
The infamously well-endowed 'Ladyboy of Blebo' :
This place has seen severall rockfalls, I cannot stress enough how dodgy the roof in here is :
It may look as though the large slab is resting on the rocks in the middle of this shot, but that is due to the perspective - it's just hanging there
Cracks abound in the roof, sometimes you only notice 'em on the photos! This was a rather neat little timber arrangement, packed with rocks, a form of support I assume :
Another timber and rock-packed arrangement :
The 'wall of deads' - pretty much the most stable part of this place
As mentioned by RichardB this is not as spacious as it appears - here's his 'ghost' crawling in to give a sense of scale :
More ceiling-collapses litter the floor :
A ghostly Foz101 doing his thing :
Daylight beckoned, time to go
Looking back in, more dressed-stone, and more collapses
It would have been rude not too test the rope-swing on the way back
I really enjoyed my first foray underground, big thanks to RichardB for this one, and also for the loan of a flash-gun
As I mentioned previously, this place is dodgy, I can't recommend it to others for that reason. So if you do decide to take a nosey. 'on your head be it'
