Rosebush Quarry Ruins.. by Alz2008
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Description
Rosebush Quarry Overlooking the Preseli Hills Pembrokeshire West Wales..
The northern working here is a single deep pit which has been allowed to flood, forming the reservoir for feed water to a turbine (now removed) in the dressing shed to the south-west. A culvert and pipeline to carry the water can be traced around the spoilheaps to the dressing shed.
The full development of terraced levels is exhibited in the southern working. Again, a deep pit is drained by adit above this there are five further working levels. Access to the lowest of these was by an adit partially cut through the country rock and part as a structure, roofed with old tram-rails, through the spoil. A tramway in this adit was used to tip spoil on the western side of the track and railway which were crossed by a bridge. Much of the spoil has now been removed from the dump west of the railway for use as road fill. Two of the bridge piers survive although that on the western side has recently (September 2002) been robbed of some corner stones which could compromise its structural integrity. Access to, and removal of slate from, the upper levels was by means of self acting inclines, the structure of which is still largely intact. At the head of each incline were drum houses which have survived in part although heavily robbed of stone by the district council in 1991. At each level the rude shelters used by the slaters survive as collapsed walling.
Adjacent to the trackway to the west of southern workings are the remains of two large structures. Both are roofless but retain the vast majority of their walls. On the east side of the trackway is the locomotive shed connected with the standard gauge railway. To the west is the dressing shed, on the northern end of which is the remains of the turbine house. The turbine was apparently removed by the American forces occupying the site during the 2nd World War.
The windmill, which stood on Penfelinwynt and supplied power to the quarry, has not survived and its site is now lost in the forestry above the quarry.
Thank you for all your wonderful comments and favourites on my previous posts, i really appreciate it thank you..
Take care and have a nice day.
Aled..
Comments (37)
bmac62
Spectacular panorama of a long used piece of ground. I am amazed at the consistent sharpness you've been able to achieve throughout the entire depth of field. I'll ring up the American forces and ask what's become of the turbine. :-) That's another subject all to itself. During the build up for D-Day and subsequent operations there must have been American units stuffed in every corner of England and Scotland...all competing for training areas. Great detailed write up to compliment your images here. Bill
Levemark
Very beautiful photo!
ledwolorz
Beautiful landscape and wonderful photo.
moonbunnie
Very beautiful details and colours!
durleybeachbum
Very interesting!
fredster66
Beautiful work.
babuci
Excelent pano, many details only full size can reveal, love the little house over the hill a far. Great job and thx for the info.
GBCalls
Great view and explanation. Well presented.
Garlor
I remembered the location from my visits to the area, I surveyed several wartime aircraft crash sites on those hills in the seventies. Fine example of a pano and interesting notes.
PD154
Well done mate, great pano and informative text!
lucindawind
very beautiful landscape
cherokee1961
Wonderful landscape shot - VERY beautiful!!!
MagikUnicorn
Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Splendid Panoramaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
moonrancher
The color and lighting is fantastic. Wonderful panorama, and interesting information.
jeroni
Beautiful landscape and wonderful photo
Nev2retour
very beautiful shot wonderful nature !
flora-crassella
wonderful and very interesting photo! The ruin is well hidden .......
Faemike55
Wonderful photo and great history lesson. well done
bronwyn_lea
You take wonderful pictures.
shadownet
Nature reclaims. Beautiful scenery!
annie5
Magnific landscape with beautiful colors! :)
Janiss
Wonderfull landscape... a great pano!
tetsu-pino
Magnificent capture!!
MrsLubner
Look at those piles of shale! Wow. And the ruins of the building below are wonderful nestled in this shot. Great pano.
ladyinblack
Gorgeous pano!
BessieB
You are indeed the master of panoramic photography Aled - lovely view
sema_fox
Remarkable photo!!!
artaddict2
Fantastic Panoramic view Aled, I zoomed as you must do for such captures and was impressed by the fantastic detail especially to the slate left side, took me a while studying the whole composition! I tried to get a few shots at Whitby for a Pano but I ended up deleting them , they were cak. Well done mate!
dragonmuse
Wonderful pano.. but what is the attached map the commentary refers to?
Lunastar
Awesome capture. such clarity.