Box Stone Mine - Clift Workings. Feb09

[crickleymal]

Another in the series of "That one's been done a lot". The photos aren't as good as I'd like them to be as we were in a bit of a rush as the pub was calling us.

Stopped to admire Mr Brunel's handiwork on the way there

Then into the mine (ok Quarry if you insist)

The stone tank

 

[Neosea]

Looks like a cool place. Thanks for the photos.

 

[Foxylady]

That's great, crickleymal. So many interesting things to see there. I love the collection of tools and especially liked seeing the stone saw and the crane for winching the blocks of stone.
Smashing pics. Cheers.

 

[BigLoada]

Some good shots there man. Those southern mines are huge inside, wish we had ones like that up here where you actually stand upright!

 

[pdtnc]

nice work

 

[crickleymal]

Some good shots there man. Those southern mines are huge inside, wish we had ones like that up here where you actually stand upright!

Thanks

I was watching Cities of the Underworld on History Channel the other night. They went into some stone mines near Maastricht. Absolutely bloody enormous, they make Box look tiny. I think they said 180km of passage and really tall with it. Although I think the pictures on the walls were of a rather later date than the medieval that the program said they were.