The Archaeology of Underground Mines and Quarries· Page 2

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Pete K
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Mine has also arrived. Many thanks Mike. A loyal customer I shall remain.

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ChrisJC
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#22

Mine too! A nice surprise as I rather like Trevor Ford publications.

Chris.

Moorebooks
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#23

Thank you Ian, Pete, Chris for your comments re the Blue John Book if any of you could manage a review on that on the caving forum would be great . I'm banned from doing anything like that unless I pay £20 a month

Mike

Peter Burgess
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I am happy to put a review up on Darknessbelow.co.uk at no cost, please get in touch whoever wants to write one. We have a rather different ethos to getting interesting information out to cavers and mine-explorers and have no problem supporting those who try to make a modest living out of their interest.

ttxela
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6 years ago

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Got mine the other day too, not had much of a chance to look at it yet but looking forward to having a read later :thumbup:

derrick man
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"ttxela" wrote:
I'm definitely going to order a copy, however......

"Moorebooks" wrote:

Every county in England has a network of mine and quarry workings, a little-seen underground world that is full of mystery and complexity.

I think I recall a topic on this subject before, Cambridgeshire I think is almost devoid of underground workings, I am aware of one accessible site with short tunnels in chalk and I believe coprolites may have been dug from shafts,around Barrington but as far as i can tell no trace remains.

Cambridgeshire once had extensive open-cast coprolite workings, starting at Coldhams Lane in Cambridge and extending out towards Lode and Burwell.

The most prominent remains are Coldhams Common - the hummocks are the remains of trench-pattern open-cast mining, the chalk mound known as the Rifle Butts is spoil from the workings, and the bungalow named the Count House adjacent to the railway bridge is the only surviving structure.

AR
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https://pdmhs.co.uk/MiningHistory/Bulletin%2014-5%20-%20The%20Origins%20and%20Development%20of%20the%20British%20Coprolite%20Industry.pdf

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Moorebooks
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TTxela

Having strayed off the original subject - according to the Guide to the IA of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough £5.50 - there is a surviving Coprolite extraction ditch which is Stow-cum Quay which is a nature reserve. Also it mentions limestone mining and surviving limekilns. Of course there is also cement production

I also have a copy of The Cambridgeshire Coprolite Mining Rush by Richard Grove £7

Mike

ttxela
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Ah, yes. Cambridgeshire certainly has/had lots of surface workings, there is still a great deal of quarrying for gravel going on very close to our house - but I'm still only aware of the two sites where there were underground workings and only one of those is still accessible (although it does consist of several tunnels).