Rowanburn Mines

[Floyd]

I recently found these mines near the village of Rowanburn.
I have heard conflicting reports of what used to be mined here Limestone, Salt and Coal.
I plan on going further into these mines once i get some better lighting gear.

 

[sheep21]

i would guess limestone personally.

Do let us know what you find when you go back!

 

[crickleymal]

A quick Yahoo suggests that it's coal although it doesn't look especially coal mineish to me. If you do go down and it is a coal mine beware of bad air. It's been mentioned a few times on here.

But like sheep21 suggests it looks more limestone than coal.

 

[sheep21]

Looks like it suffers from periodic flooding by the amount of what appears to be silt in the tunnels...

be careful

 

[BigLoada]

The construction is interesting Do you have grid ref for this maybe? If its Cumbria it could be Zinc,lead,Iron, Barytes, limestone as the guys have suggested etc. There was a lot of barytes mines over that way though it looks a bit old to be one of those.

Would be very interested to see more from here if you get further in

Edit: sorry, I guess its Rowanburn in Dumfriesshire, not another place I was thinking of in Cumbria.

 

[oldscrote]

Looks like limestone to me,the ceiling is interesting looks like a conglomerate of some sort.I doubt it floods as I can't see any tide marks on the walls.

 

[Floyd]

It's actually closer to Harelaw than Rowanburn.
I googled Harelaw mine and came up with this

http://www.mine-explorer.co.uk/mines/Harelaw-hill-stone_1231/Harelaw-hill-stone.asp

Turns out it's Limestone so that means they is more mines in the area such as coal mines.

 

[sheep21]

Looks like limestone to me,the ceiling is interesting looks like a conglomerate of some sort.I doubt it floods as I can't see any tide marks on the walls.

But what filled the tunnels with such a huuuuuuuuuuuge amount of dirt? Not saying they flood regularly but seems they have in the past? Meh, im not an expert

 

[Sabtr]

Nice one.

I'm really tempted to visit this one. BigLoada - fancy it??

 

[BigLoada]

Nice one.

I'm really tempted to visit this one. BigLoada - fancy it??

You know I am always up for mines mate but it would be a really really early start for us!