Box Freestone Mine (Lower Series) - JUly 2012

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cunningcorgi

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HISTORY

Box is not one quarry, it is a series of several quarries that eventually all joined up. Some of the area's inside Box are still known by their original names. Cliftworks, Spring, Tunnel, copenacre, Jacks, Cathedral, Sands, Groundstone, Browns and Hudswell. Many of the eastern quarry's were taken over by the MOD and converted into ammunition storage and wartime government seats. Today, only the western parts of Box are officially accessible.

THE VISIT

This report basically covers the southern region of the mine, i.e. the Lower Series - Jacks to BackDoor via Cathedral. Visited with wonkycows.

1. Jacks


2. Junction, Black Horse Road


3. The Black Horse


4. Three way junction


5. Box Crane 10, Bridgegate Road


6. Heading further in, Bridgegate Road


7. Box Crane 11, Bridgegate Road, now sadly missing its boom


8. Hanging Death, allbeit propped, Outer Ring


9. Serious strain, Roman Way


10. Undernrath the strain !


11. Roman Way


12. Four Ways, from Roman Way


13. Appian Way, from Four Ways


14. Going through REM's Crawl


15. The money shot, Box Crane 9, off B12


16. Scribblings


17. Propped roof, off B12


18. More scribblings


19. Passage into Cathedral


20. End of the line, Cathedral


Thanks for looking.
 
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