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The underground slate quarries locally known as 'closeheads' are predominantly inside the Old Man of Coniston and Brown Pike These slate quarries can hold hidden dangers there are internal steep passages and near vertical shafts and a large quantity of spoil heaps which can be unstable Get price
Saddlestone Main Bank was the main processing facility and offices for the slate mines and quarries on the east face of Coniston Old Man Looking out from the Quarry buildings over the Yewdale Fells to the far eastern fells The Coppermines Valley from Saddlestone Main Bank Get price
Saddleback Slate worktops At Saddleback Slate we specialize in handmade slate worktops made to your custom specifications The worktops can be produced in a variety of colors from green slate black slate light grey and we also now produce fossil limestone worktops if you prefer a lighter finish Get price
Jan 20 2020Diving in Hodge Close a former slate quarry near Coniston in the Lake district Photo taken in Hodge Close a former slate quarry near Coniston in the Lake district Thanks to Worcester Divers and in particular to buddy and model Anita Sherwood Nikon D90 Tokina 10-17 Get price
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Aug 04 2015History There has been slate mining going on in and around Coniston for hundreds of years (rumours abound that working here started in the 1200s) starting out as simple surface quarrying then developing into the driving of adits and levels deep inside the mountains in search of the famed green Lakeland slate Get price
Sep 25 2010I live close to Winter Hill in Lancashire hence the title and a lot of our adventures are local to here We don't just go running we find places that are interesting such as old mines brickworks and other local historic sites Coniston Old Man Mine or Moss head Slate Quarry -part 3 Coniston Old Man Mine or Moss head Slate Quarry -p Get price
Along with The Coppermines Valley above Coniston I find this area one of the most interesting in the Lakes Pretty it is not but there is so much to see and explore Hodge Close and the Tilberthwaite quarries are really joined at the hip so you could park in either area and explore both The Coniston mines are just a few more miles down the road Get price
Mar 11 2013Blue Quarries and their spoil tips can be seen on the north side above Coppermines Valley Coniston They exploited the light green bands of slate from the late 1790s until closure in 1939 There are three quarries low middle and high blue The higher area was linked with the valley below via an aerial ropeway Get price
Amateur archaeologists and biologists also visit the area around Coniston Water Copper mines and stone and slate quarries once thrived here especially in the land between the water's edge and the Old Man of Coniston Trilobites and brachiopods are some common fossils that seekers sometimes find in the region so collectors frequent the area Get price
Nov 05 2015Northeast Pennsylvania is most famous for its once-thriving coal mining industry But centered near the same area was another mining trade that was just as important in the late 19th century--and became known as the Slate Belt A slate outcropping in Pen Argyl PA Since medieval times slate has been highly-valued as roofing material Slate Get price
very solid with reasonable friction (for slate) with fewer of the friable edges found in other slate areas However several areas of the quarry are unstable and these have been highlighted in the descriptions Hodge Close Quarry is reached from a junction on the A593 Coniston – Ambleside road 3 kilometres north of Coniston Get price
Sep 25 2010overlooking the mine -Coniston village in the background down the slate along the slate track having a rest sunbathing -this is a doorway look carefully! a very big wheel -part of the slate transport ? the railway that goes nowhere -nickname railway of doom in the mine -the torch has 1m candle watts of power only shows up a small Get price
Coniston BP Service Station Above Torver there are disused slate quarries on the lower slopes of the Furness Fells They open the last gate close it and emerge onto the open fell cross the remains of the slab bridge over Summer Cove Beck washed away in a storm earlier in the decade and stare up at Bannishead Quarry Get price
Hodge Close Quarry The slopes of Holme Fell include the massive disused green slate quarry at Hodge Close located at NY317017 The quarry closed just before the start of the Second World War It has flooded chambers and tunnels which are used by cave divers for sport but it is a dangerous location and several divers have died over the years after becoming lost in the murky waters of the tunnels Get price
The footpath continues downhill through the remains of a slate mine until it reaches some farm buildings where it eventually becomes a road that vehicles could use although we didn't see any until we reached the bottom of the path near the main Coniston to Torver road (A593) Get price
The Slate Quarry first opened in 1816 under the direction of the Knight of Kerry and has been a working quarry on and off since that date Famous for the quality of the slate quarried the quarry is famous for providing the slate for the Paris Opera House London's Houses of Parliament and many billiard tables including one made for the Duke of Wellington Queen Victoria today it is used Get price
The Old Man of Coniston is the inspiration for the so-called Kanchenjunga the Lake District mountain Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons climb in the Swallows and Amazons novel Swallowdale The slate quarries and copper mines inspired Pigeon Post a later novel in the same series References Get price
At an elevation of 750ft the large parking area beyond the fell gate is a popular starting point for an ascent of Coniston Old Man Opposite the car park is the old track leading to the quarries on the east face which is the quickest and most used route to the summit Get price
Took the opportunity of a fine sunny winter's day to walk up the Old Man taking the route along Church Beck out of Coniston village A lot of changing scenery changing from the coppermines valley to the old slate quarries higher up Once you reach the top you are rewarded with Get price
As more slate was dug out the two quarries grew larger and crept closer to each other and to the river Eventually the miners at the Banishead Quarry got too close and a section supporting the riverbank collapsed Water was diverted into the quarry flooding it and ending all mining activity here Get price
Go through the gateway beside the house and back onto the tarmac road passing an entrance down into Hodge Close quarry on your left Hodge Close Quarry is a dramatic example of man's influence upon the appearance of a landscape featuring a huge cavern with a water filled bottom which dominates the landscape along with large spoil piles from the slate mining Get price
A metal wheel on an old wagon in a former slate quarry in Coniston the Lake District UK Abandoned slate quarry near Elterwater Langdale Lake District National Park England UK Rydal Cave at disused slate quarry near Rydal Water Cumbria England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain Get price
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We've rounded up the best caves and mines in Coniston in our quest to discover brilliant family attractions and places to visit near you There are 5 Coniston caves and mines to pick from Alternatively why not explore some other sightseeing days out nearby including tourist attractions Find the perfect places to go with your kids and get out on your next adventure! Get price
Coniston Stonecrafts is a family run business producing a wide range of products in slate quarried locally by Burlington Slate Ltd We specialise in the manufacture of slate products including slate gifts slate homeware slate kitchenware slate clocks slate desktop items slate lamps monumental headstones and corporate gifts Get price
I love the Coniston Old Man and have climbed it on many occasions There are many ways to get to the top with varying degrees of difficulty My favorite is a circular route driving up from Coniston village to park in a designated area on the Walna Scar road then going up through the slate quarries to the top (past the lovely low water tarn) then going down Goats Hawes alongside Goats Water Get price
Workable slate is obtained from two main geological deposits 1 The cleaved tuffs of the Borrowdale Volcanic Group of the Ordovician series which give the silver-grey slates of Coniston Old Man the green slates of Broughton Moor Hodge Close and Kirkstone and the blue-black slates of Get price
Coniston is also Swallows and Amazons country Arthur Ransome fictionalised the lake and The Old Man borrowed Peel Island's secret harbour for Wild Island and 'SY Gondola' for Captain Flint's houseboat and used the copper-mines and slate-quarries as the context for Pigeon Post Get price
I paced along the Hole Rake path quickly able to do so for the first time after the steep ascent through Tilberthwaite Ghyll It was a stupendous reveal at the summit of the rake with the Old Man of Coniston and its satellite mountains appearing in view with the amphitheater Coppermines valley of Levers Water Beck set down below me Get price
