Rosebush Quarry Ruins..
by Alz2008
Open full image in new tab
Zoom on image
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
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)
Ionel
Your pano works are looking wonderful on my wide screen! :)
Richardphotos
outstanding account and panorama
SSoffia
EXCELLENT CAPTURE & BEAUTIFUL COLORS :)
Jay-el-Jay
A spectacular view of this rolling landscape.
densa
wonderful landscape
CavalierLady
Wow!!! Stunning vista! Fabulous panorama!
ShadowsNTime
Wonderful panorama! Very interesting info and I love the ruins in the center of the photo, gorgeous!