Hexton Mine (near Plymouth)

Dark Descent · Oct 7, 2012

This mine, from what i know, is a few hundred years old, took us absolutely ages to find and the first time we went down, the photos did not come out focused at all so i went in the second time and managed to get some decent ones. In ww2 this mine was used as an air raid shelter, however the only proof of this now are marks where blast walls were and the original lighting wires.

just to show how dark it actually is...

Facing the entrance, you can see the lighting strips on the left

An old mug, jug, or tankard, i have no idea so you can tell me...

natural spring?

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Thanks for looking

flyboys90 · Oct 8, 2012

The enamel jug/mug looks 20th C,great photos.

Dark Descent · Oct 8, 2012

flyboys90 said:
The enamel jug/mug looks 20th C,great photos.

Pretty old then

night crawler · Oct 8, 2012

Nice work, I do like seeing mines

chris · Oct 18, 2012

Thanks for sharing

Would the air raid shelter have just been for the mine workers or was there a WW2 base on site?

Dark Descent · Oct 18, 2012

chris said:
Thanks for sharing

Would the air raid shelter have just been for the mine workers or was there a WW2 base on site?

No, the mine itself is a few hundred years old, i think the public knew about it an just started going there, and then the government got involved and fitted it out properly with lighting and seats...