Box Freestone Mine - Wiltshire - Dec 2015

[Merryprankster]

just a quick one, not going to write an esssay on this one as it's been done a hundered times and i really need to go do some christmas shopping! visited with 3 non memmbers before heading to certain social event around the corner. was a banging day, wanted to see box for ages and from what i gather took in the majority of the cool bits and bobs down there, the robots, some cranes, the door and of course cathedral. Was nice going down with someone experiences as he knew a lot about the workings of the mine and would point out cool things that might have gone unnoticed, crane anchor points and erosion in certain places caused by the ropes hauling the stone around corners.

History courtesy of http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/
This mine has been worked over centuries (probably back to Roman times) and extends many miles. It is located in the village of Box, near Bath. It was used to extract limestone which was used to build many of the buildings in the local area and had military uses during WW2. Box is now a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, on account of the number of bat species which reside in the mine. There are many famous sites to see within Box Mine including the Cathedral (an open shaft to the surface) and the robots (a large number of bricks which people have taken to making into robots and other things). 

have a great christmas kids

 

[Lenston]

Really love this place, always a good day down there. In some excellent company down there as well

 

[Merryprankster]

yeah was a really wicked weekend of undergroundness all in

 

[Lenston]

Need more of them mate, let me know if you wanna check any of the other mines in Wilts. 

 

[Merryprankster]

definitely mate, get christmas and new year out the way and will pencil something in

 

[Andy]

Impressive place. Like the light shaft very much.