Myself & TTW had only made plans to visit one mine tunnel over in Cornwall, but ended up doing 5 within 6 hours of setting out. Whilst at the original location we met with extrogg & his mate only to get half way through & realise that the last section was 8 inches plus deep in water, not a good place to wear Puma Brazils lol 
We all decided to return another day with wellies & walk the full length of this interesting tunnel which will be in a forthcoming report, not worth doing half-cocked. We checked couple of locations on the way back, old buildings & shafts, then split with our own destinations in mind.
Well what was to follow for me & TTW was a mixture of paying random visits to 4 more sites on the drive back to Plymouth, all tunnels or underground, one of which we were threatened with prosecution....after a lenghty conversation with the landowner & accompanying hounds...don't you just love this life
The last tunnel we found was this little beauty & located by complete accident whilst searching for an Auxilliary Unit / Home Guard Bunker. Part of a early reservoir supplying Plymouth, we need to look into the history of this a little further, but think it was part of the Devonport or Plymouth Leats & will confirm this ASAP. The brickworks in this small tunnel is fantastic, with the length being around 70-100m long & about 4 feet high. Not big but still interesting. the pics don't really do the construction justice so we'll need a revisit to get some better images.
Breeze blocked end of the tunnel, & yes we know where this leads....mmm chicken mayo burgers ahoy!
Old bucket
Dried mud waterbed around 3-4 inches deep, like walking on a dried creek
Service entrance, 3 pipes lead from here to supply different parts of the city with water
Roof brickwork, bloody awesome work!
Exterior shot
I'll update this on our revisit soon to give more detailed history & usage but until then, enjoy!
We all decided to return another day with wellies & walk the full length of this interesting tunnel which will be in a forthcoming report, not worth doing half-cocked. We checked couple of locations on the way back, old buildings & shafts, then split with our own destinations in mind. Well what was to follow for me & TTW was a mixture of paying random visits to 4 more sites on the drive back to Plymouth, all tunnels or underground, one of which we were threatened with prosecution....after a lenghty conversation with the landowner & accompanying hounds...don't you just love this life
The last tunnel we found was this little beauty & located by complete accident whilst searching for an Auxilliary Unit / Home Guard Bunker. Part of a early reservoir supplying Plymouth, we need to look into the history of this a little further, but think it was part of the Devonport or Plymouth Leats & will confirm this ASAP. The brickworks in this small tunnel is fantastic, with the length being around 70-100m long & about 4 feet high. Not big but still interesting. the pics don't really do the construction justice so we'll need a revisit to get some better images.
Breeze blocked end of the tunnel, & yes we know where this leads....mmm chicken mayo burgers ahoy!
Old bucket
Dried mud waterbed around 3-4 inches deep, like walking on a dried creek
Service entrance, 3 pipes lead from here to supply different parts of the city with water
Roof brickwork, bloody awesome work!
Exterior shot
I'll update this on our revisit soon to give more detailed history & usage but until then, enjoy!
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