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Spoil Tips from the Aber-Pergwm Mine which is located opposite the New Vale of... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Geological Interest   Mine   Mine Spoil   Mine Spoil Heap   top:Quarrying, Mining   Spoil Heaps   Spoil Tip   top:Uplands  

This is the spoil heap from the Blairlogie copper mine. The mine's adit,... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Hillside   top:Lowlands   former:Mine   disused:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs   Spoil Heap   former:Spoil Tip   top:Woodland, Forest  

The large sunlit mass of material in the bottom right quarter of the image is... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   Hill Slopes   Hill Tracks   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Uplands  

The valley in the foreground is drained by the Hawkwood Burn. It appears to be... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Stream   top:Uplands   Valley  

An immense spoil heap lying to the west of the hill, Mynydd Machen. Embedded in... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   Mine Spoil   top:Paths   top:Quarrying, Mining   subject:Tip   Tracks  

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   type:Geograph   former:Lead Mine   former:Lead Mine Workings   subject:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   Spoil Heap  

There's been a great deal of excavation along the slopes above Bollihope... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Hill Slope   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   Rabbit Warren   subject:Tip   top:Uplands  

Scargill Mine lies near the north-western corner of Stang Forest; the spoil is... (more)

Tags: Coniferous Trees   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Grassy Moorland   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs  

The ruins are dwarfed by the embankments of waste stone.

Tags: Bridleway   rights of way:Bridleway   Former Lead Mine Workings   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   former:Lead Mine Workings   Mine Spoil   Mine Spoil Heap   Moorland Track   Old Lead Mines   Open Access Land   Public Bridleway   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   former:Spoil Tip  

Visible in the image are a small reservoir and spoil from the mine working. The... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   Mine Site   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   Reservoir   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

The mine spoil appears to be finally divided and might be crushed material,... (more)

Tags: Coniferous Plantation   type:Geograph   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

Flinty Fell is a moorland hill close to Nenthead. The mound in which the... (more)

Tags: Concrete Railway Sleepers   type:Geograph   Mine Shaft   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands   top:Waste, Waste Management  

The main mine spoil in the valley has Great Eggleshope Beck flowing, (unseen in... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Hill Slopes   subject:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Uplands   Valley  

The spoil heap here is from the Middle Level entrance. The mine's main... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Hill Slope   subject:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

The view is from the Sticks Pass path, looking south across an area of bog... (more)

Tags: subject:Bog   Bog   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Mine Spoil   Mountain Slope   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands   top:Waste, Waste Management  

Embley Burn is a tributary of Devil's Water, itself a feeder of the River... (more)

Tags: Deciduous Woodland   top:Derelict, Disused   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Woodland, Forest  

A result of local mining activity in the past, piles of spoil litter the area... (more)

Tags: Mine Spoil   Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

The summit ridge of Yr Aran merges into the general western slope of the... (more)

Tags: Grassy Hill Slope   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

Image taken from the spoil heap of Geevor Mine to the nearby Levant Mine, an... (more)

Tags: top:Coastal   type:Geograph   Levant Mine   Mine   Mine Chimneys   Mine Spoil   Mine Waste   top:Quarrying, Mining  

Spoil heaps from lead mining The site is a Scheduled Monument... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   top:Geological Interest   Lead Mining   Mine Spoil   subject:Mound   Peak District   top:Quarrying, Mining   former:Spoil Tip   season:Spring  

The road crosses the moorland of Summer Lodge Moor and here is close to Summer... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   Heather and Grass Moorland   Hill Road   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   subject:Road   top:Uplands  

The extensive mine spoil is on moorland above Sharnberry Gill. Trees at the... (more)

Tags: Heather and Grass Moorland   subject:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

The road runs at the edge of woodland lining the north side of the trough Arn... (more)

Tags: Estate Road   Mine Spoil   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Waste, Waste Management   top:Woodland, Forest  

Mine spoil distributed widely below a mine road at the Sandbeds Mine which was... (more)

Tags: Disused Mine Site   type:Geograph   subject:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands   top:Waste, Waste Management  

A small mine or quarry working at the Penny Rigg location near Tilberthwaite... (more)

Tags: Dead Bracken   type:Geograph   Leat   Lone Tree   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs   top:Uplands  

The shadowed stream has waste material from a mine level just beyond the right... (more)

Tags: Bridge   top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   Hill Slopes   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Stream   top:Uplands  

The spoil heap is on a hill slope east of the house(s) at Howgill, south of... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Hill Slope   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   subject:Tip   top:Uplands   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)  

The spoil from the level of the Windegg Mine is in the centre of the image, it... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, Barrier   Fenced Mine Access   Grassy Hill Slopes   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

Seen from the Pennine Way.

Tags: path:Bridleway   Bridleway   rights of way:Bridleway   ruin:Hall   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mine Spoil   Mine Spoil Heap   top:Moorland   Public Bridleway   top:Quarrying, Mining   Ruined Building   Scar   former:Spoil Tip   Valley Side  

The former lead mining spoil heaps make a good adventure playground for mountain bikers.

Tags: Clouds   Cycling   Grey Clouds   Mine Spoil   Moorland   Mountain Bike Trail   Open Access Land   top:Quarrying, Mining   Rake   former:Spoil Tip   top:Sport, Leisure  

A poor picture, with the flare on the lens, but included because it shows not... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   Mine Shaft   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining  

The hut is close to the site of one of the levels of the Cashwell Mine;... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Hut   Mine Spoil   Paved Area   top:Roads, Road Transport   Shooting Hut   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Uplands  

Numerous different ways of capping old shafts are used in the Poldice/Wheal Maid... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   Mine Shaft Head   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining  

The area between St Agnes and Trevellas Cove was dominated by the Blue Hills... (more)

Tags: top:Coastal   Cornwall   type:Geograph   Long Distance Path   Mine Spoil   camera:Panasonic DC-G9   Path   top:Paths   top:Quarrying, Mining   South West Coast Path   Spoil Heaps  

Great Eggleshope Beck drains Great Eggleshope. The view is upstream from the... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Hill Road   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Roads, Road Transport   Stream   subject:Stream   top:Uplands   Valley  

The sheave wheel, effectively a pulley, is mounted to rotate about a vertical... (more)

Tags: Aerial Ropeway Equipment   Flowering Heather Species   type:Geograph   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs   top:Uplands  

The brown material is quite finely divided suggesting that it isn't in the... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Heather Moorland   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

The site is that of the Fee Donald Mine close to the Allt Féith Dhomhnuill.... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   Lone Tree   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

The mound is surely the grassed over spoil of a mine excavation; by its size it... (more)

Tags: top:Boundary, Barrier   Concrete Post   Dry Stone Wall   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Field   subject:Mine   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

The path runs along a tract of flat ground beside the beck but that ground is in... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   Heather and Grass Moorland   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   Path   subject:Path   top:Paths   top:Quarrying, Mining   River   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Uplands  

Spoil from the lead workings between Gunnerside and Hard Level Gills has been... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   former:Lead Mine Workings   Mine Spoil   Mine Waste   top:Moorland   top:Paths   Public Bridleway   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands   Walkers   top:Waste, Waste Management  

Tags: Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   Old Lead Mines   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Uplands   top:Waste, Waste Management  

Looking across the moorland - the view is dominated to the south east by the... (more)

Tags: Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

Alongside Flincher Gill.

Tags: Bridleway   rights of way:Bridleway   path:Bridleway   plant:Heather   Heather   Heather Moorland   Managed Heather Moor   Mine Spoil   Mine Tips   Moorland   top:Moorland   Moorland Track   Open Access Land   top:Paths   Public Bridleway   top:Quarrying, Mining   former:Spoil Tip  

Tags: Beach   top:Coastal   type:Cross Grid   Iron Ore   Mine Spoil   top:Quarrying, Mining  

Limb Brook where it passes through Barber Fields. Sidney Addy, in his 1888 book... (more)

Tags: top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   Mine Spoil   former:Mine Workings   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

Lead mining has created a lunar landscape on the moors.

Tags: Bridleway   path:Bridleway   rights of way:Bridleway   Mine Spoil   Moorland Track   top:Paths   Public Bridleway   top:Quarrying, Mining   Rake   former:Spoil Tip  

The path is a public footpath from North Lodge to Toby Tarn. It is obstructed... (more)

Tags: Cumbria   type:Geograph   Lake District   Lake District National Park   Mine Spoil   Obstructed Footpath   subject:Path   top:Paths   Public Footpath   top:Uplands   Westmorland and Furness   Whitbarrow   top:Woodland, Forest  

Spoil deposited onto the hillside. Mynydd y Grug and Mynydd Machen nearby are... (more)

Tags: Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   top:Quarrying, Mining   top:Uplands  

With fine views opening up to the south-east.

Tags: rights of way:Bridleway   Bridleway   path:Bridleway   Clouds   Heather Moor   Heather Moorland   Managed Heather Moor   Mine Spoil   top:Moorland   Moorland   Open Access Land   top:Paths   Public Bridleway   top:Quarrying, Mining   former:Spoil Tip   clouds:White