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Coronauk
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7 years ago

Hi all
Can anyone tell me who the owners of great masson are?
By that i mean the section accessible from the quarry not the touristy bit from Abrahams Heights.

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staffordshirechina
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7 years ago

To the best of my knowledge, the Heights own some of the parts nearest them, they choose not to use them in the showcave as they have enough already.
As to the parts nearest the quarry, there is a lot of speculation but no real fact about ownership. When the quarry was last worked by Laporte, they only had a mineral agreement, they didn't own it as I understand it.

caver1
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7 years ago

Any info here?
https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=23266.0

Coronauk
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Newbie Topic Starter

7 years ago

Thanks for the reply. Thought when i visited a couple of years ago it was up for sale?

AR
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7 years ago

The quarry and surrounding fields were put up for auction some years back but didn't sell.

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pwhole
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Newbie

7 years ago

Isn't it a local farmer who owns it? Amazing that land ownership can be so difficult to sort out, when the entire country is divided up into named and numbered parcels.

Shouldn't this be in the Midlands section, BTW?

rufenig
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Newbie

7 years ago

As said above.
You may be looking at two issues.
Who owns the land.
Who owns the mineral rights.