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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The foundations of the weighbridge on the later tramroad embankment. In the... (more)
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The calcining kilns from the east. In front of them can be seen the bed of the... (more)
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The calcining kilns from the west with the truncated embankment of the earlier... (more)
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The later, Partington, tramroad embankment with the kilns beyond and Barrowden Church.
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The later tramroad embankment looking south towards the area of quarrying.
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The later tipping dock. Built in two phases it is not clear whether the newer... (more)
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SP9499
Detail of the calcining kilns. The completed kilns stand around 70 feet high. As... (more)
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The embankment of the earlier Bells tramroad with the later kilns on the site of... (more)
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The calcining kilns seen from the south.
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
The embankment of the later, Partington, tramroad.
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Wakerley ironstone quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP9499
Terminal gullet north of the Harringworth road.
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Former ironstone workings near Thistleton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9018
This was part of the Market Overton quarries. It was the final quarry face to be... (more)
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Former railway bridge, Cottesmore Road, Exton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9112
The bridge was over the railway which served the Exton Park ironstone quarries.... (more)
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Farmland near Exton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9112
It is hard to imagine that a railway in a deep cutting once ran directly away... (more)
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Former railway bridge, Cottesmore Road, Exton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9112
The bridge was over the railway which served the Exton Park ironstone quarries.... (more)
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Ironstone quarrying traces
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8913
The high bank at the edge of the field is evidence of the amount of material... (more)
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Former ironstone workings near Market Overton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8917
The scrubland surrounds a deep water-filled gash which is the remains of the... (more)
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Remains of the Pilton Ironstone Quarries railway
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9202
The trees are growing in the cutting where the railway passed under the road. An... (more)
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Former railway bridge near Pilton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9202
This carried the Pilton Ironstone Quarries under the Pilton to North Luffenham... (more)
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Site of Pilton Ironstone Quarries railway
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK9202
This view shows traces of two alignments. The nearer dip in the ground was... (more)
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View towards North Luffenham
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9202
In the foreground the former working face of the Ancaster quarry of the Pilton... (more)
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Former quarry road near Cottesmore
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8914
Created in the mid-1950s when the decision was taken to replace the Cottesmore... (more)
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Former quarry
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SH3747
The OS 25-inch map suggests that it might have been ironstone that was being extracted.
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Road towards Skillington
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8624
The wooded area on the right encloses an area of former ironstone quarrying.
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Ancaster Quarry face
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9202
The Ancaster Quarry was the final working face of the Pilton Ironstone Quarries,... (more)
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Ancaster Quarry face
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9202
The Ancaster Quarry was the final working face of the Pilton Ironstone Quarries,... (more)
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Gap in the trees, Barnsdale Avenue
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9110
The space where there are obviously some trees missing is the only sign that... (more)
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Hengistbury Head - Quarry Pond
by Colin Smith
geograph for square SZ1790
The pond now fills the bottom of a former ironstone quarry.... (more)
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Disused quarry, Post Gate Hill, Glaisdale
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square NZ7504
This part of Glaisdale Low Moor was quarried for ironstone.
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Site of Exton Park Ironstone Quarries
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9411
The slope to the left is the location of the final quarry face to be worked, in... (more)
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Green Lane, Pilton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9102
It's hard to imagine trains working across this landscape, but the more... (more)
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Electricity substation, Barnsdale
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9110
Built in 1954 by the Exton Park Quarries as part of the development of ironstone... (more)
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Relics of ironstone quarrying
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8914
As well as the hut (the use of which is not clear) one can just make out the... (more)
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Countryside near Cuckoo Farm
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9410
The far fields show no sign of the fact that they were at one time part of a... (more)
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Disused ironstone quarry above Hobb Crag
by Pauline E
geograph for square SE7195
Below the old railway track which ran across the top of the moors between the... (more)
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Stubble field near Gunby
by Jonathan Thacker
geograph for square SK9122
All this land has been quarried for ironstone resulting in it being below the... (more)
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Bridleway junction, Exton Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9311
The tracks were reinstated following cessation of ironstone quarrying and are... (more)
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Bridleway to Exton village
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9311
The track was reinstated following cessation of ironstone quarrying and is a... (more)
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Bridleway junction, Exton Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9311
The tracks were reinstated following cessation of ironstone quarrying and are... (more)
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Flooded pasture near Cottesmore
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8913
The hollow of the land is a result of the extensive ironstone quarrying in the... (more)
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Site of Cottesmore Quarries tramroad
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8813
Not easily distinguishable in the vegetation, the cutting of the tramroad can... (more)
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Danger Zone
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK7423
Unusually, part of the ironstone deposits near Holwell were extracted in the... (more)
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Farm track near Harston
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8330
The dip in land is the result of ironstone quarrying, this section being active... (more)
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Croxton Kerrial 12thC Medieval Manor House: excavations (2)
by Kate Jewell
for square SK8329
This quarry was discovered while excavating the cobbled crew yard. It was firmly... (more)
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The 'High Wall', Holwell North Quarry
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK7423
This is the remains of the working face of the quarry which was in use up to the... (more)
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View from the railway bridge
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK9202
The stud farm has expanded significantly since John Sutton's 2009 view... (more)
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Track passing the former Sil Howe Quarries
by Martin Dawes
geograph for square NZ8502
The track runs from the A169 the short distance to the road junction with Beck... (more)
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Track past the recycling centre
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8912
The bushes to the left of the track have grown on the site of sidings of the... (more)
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Datestone, Barnsdale substation
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK9110
A very fine bit of work for a mere substation. The letters EP stand for Exton... (more)
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