Geo-Trips :: Quarrying and mining at Cleehill
Cleehill
A walk from Dhustone, Wed, 27 Apr 2016 by Alan Murray-Rust
I had the opportunity to do some exploring of the quarrying and mining remains in the Cleehill area. The images include two walks, with a short car journey between, covering Titterstone Clee and Clee Hill itself.
On the map below, the grey line is the GPS track from this trip. Click the blue circles to see a photograph taken from that spot and read further information about the location. The blue lines indicate the direction of view. There is also a slideshow of this trip. ( )
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View towards Titterstone Clee Hill from Dhustone
The long slope and sharp scarp to the west make this hill very recognisable from a... more
Clee Hill quarries incline
Looking down the alignment from the site of the bridge at Dhustone. The incline... more
Clee Hill quarries incline top
The point at which the incline levelled out into the quarry area is very evident.
Moonrise over Titterstone Clee
"Not really this is the large radome of the air traffic control. The upper... more
The road to Titterstone Clee
This eventually leads up to the communications complex on the top. Sheep are... more
The side of Titterstone Clee
Former quarry workings seen from the road above Dhustone. The trig pillar on the... more
Wintry showers over Clee
The remains of the Titterstone Clee quarries in the foreground.
Cloudscape over Clee Hill
Looking from Titterstone Clee.
Radar station on Titterstone Clee
The nearer platform has lost the antenna visible in these views... more
Titterstone Clee trig point
Approaching from the north along the Shropshire Way. The snow had started about 10... more
Titterstone Clee trig point
Close up of the triangulation pillar, showing the bench mark. The snow shower... more
View from Titterstone Clee
Looking north west towards Cleestanton. The sun had returned to the valley of the... more
Snow - balls
Radar station on Titterstone Clee in a snow flurry, with black clouds.
Snow on Hoar Edge
The warm sun has already removed the snow on Titterstone where I was standing, but... more
Steam after the snow
On Titterstone Clee, looking across to Hoar Edge.
Steaming hillside, Titterstone Clee
Following a short snow shower, the warm April sunshine quickly burnt off the snow,... more
Ruined building in Titterstone Clee quarry
This is on one of the upper levels and might have been a bothy or canteen,... more
Photographer in Titterstone Clee quarry
I don't think he was even aware of my presence, but his being there made all the... more
On Titterstone Clee
Looking down on the ruins of the quarry processing complex.
Quarry remains on Titterstone Clee
Even ruined, the extent of the ruins show that this was a major operation.
Spoil tip on Titterstone Clee
This shows some of the ravages of the off-road brigade. The evidence of grass... more
Building remains, Titterstone Clee quarries
The round holes in the foreground are connected by pipes and are presumably the... more
Quarry ruin, Titterstone Clee
One of the few prominent bits of graffiti.
Titterstone Quarry incline
This was a narrow gauge railway or tramway, dropping down to the wharf at... more
Bench mark at Horseditch House
See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4937879 for location.
Entrance to Horseditch House
There is a bench mark http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4937877 on the left hand gatepost.
The road from Titterstone Clee
This was built to provide access to the Titterstone Quarry, but continues to be... more
Art or graffiti?
Whether you approve or not, this particular panel is not the usual banal tagging,... more
Rouse-Broughton Terrace, Dhustone
Built for local quarry workers. The name is that of the landowners who were... more
A4117 below Cleehill
Note the old milestone http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4938802 at the extreme... more
Milestone near Cleehill
Part of the Ludlow group of turnpikes. There is a mixture of stone and cast iron... more
A4117 east of Cleehill
Showing milepost 6 from Ludlow http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4938812 . The next... more
Now you see it
Snow shower on Clee Hill, 1527 hrs
See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4926268... more
Old coal workings near Doddington
It's not clear whether this is the remains of an early bell pit or the shaft of... more
Old coal workings near Doddington
This is the spoil heap from Gibbet Colliery, the most southerly of the deep pits... more
Old coal workings near Doddington
Bell pit in the foreground.
Old coal workings near Doddington
The gorse in the foreground is filling hollows left by bell pit working.
The... more
The south side of Clee Hill
The rough ground in the foreground represents early coal workings. In the distance... more
Old coal workings near Doddington
A well preserved bell pit, showing the spoil built up round the shaft.
Now you don't
Part 2 of 'Now you see it' http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4926260 taken just 17... more
Coreley reservoir
A small covered reservoir alongside the A4117.
Milestone and milepost near Doddington
Part of the Ludlow group of turnpikes. There is a mixture of stone and cast iron... more
Toposcope on Clee Hill
Installed by the AA, the style of the badge suggesting a date of the 1950s or... more
View from the toposcope at Clee Hill
In the distance, the distinctive shape of Skirrid, near Abergavenny, 40 miles away... more
All images © Alan Murray-Rust and available under a Creative Commons licence .