Dowgang Burn Woods, Levels Nenthead, Cumbria.
A few
years ago we discovered a level in the woods west of Dowgang Burn along the
track that leads to the old coal mine. Since then we have come across more
levels in this area. All the levels hit a sandstone outcrop and it looks like
the levels mined Firestone. The levels unfortunately all slope inwards and so
you get water flow into them, as a result they are silted up and in some places
the going can get hard.
We have
not been successful in finding names for these levels, some seem very old
whilst others give the impression of having been worked in the last 100 years
or so. Since no names have been found they have been simply categorised by how
north each one is in the area, North 1 being the furthest north and North 4 the
most southerly.
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North
1 - An old level Charlie found.
12th September 2005, (Karli, Mark and
Mike). |
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North
2 - "It's just a rabbit hole" said Alice, "But it's venting" the explorer
exclaimed!
13th January 2008, (Mike and Pete). |
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North
3 - Can't see it, but we know it is there.
13th January 2008, (Mike
and Pete). |
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North
4 - Gated and the most accessible level in the woods.
13th January
2008, (Mike and Pete). |
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