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Welsh Mines Society
Cymdeithas Mwyngloddiau Cymru
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Autumn Field Meet and AGM - Weekend, 16th-18th
September 2006
Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Organiser; Mole (John Hine)
As to the programme of events, this was as follows:
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Saturday, 16th September
- Morses Level Colliery, Clearwell Caves and elsewhere !
Morning rendezvous at Rising Sun Moseley Green (NGR
SO 631 086), near Parkend, for an 11am start:
Option 1: A visit underground to Morses Level Colliery.
Option 2: A surface walk somewhere in the Forest.
Option 3: Self-guided walks or a car drive.
All options will finish in time for a quick lunch.
Afternoon rendezvous at Clearwell Caves car park (NGR
SO 578 084), 2.30pm:
Option 1: A visit into the ‘wild side’ of the Clearwell complex.
Trip not easy but not difficult either. Low passages, scrambling,
one climb, no SRT, dry.
Option 2: A surface walk somewhere in the Forest.
Option 3: Self-guided walks or a car drive available.
Option 4: Clearwell Caves + option 3.
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Saturday Evening - The evening meal, and AGM was 6:30pm for
7:00pm at The Bird in Hand, North Road, Broadwell, Nr. Coleford, GL16 7BX
Tel. 01594 832383 (View menu
& location
map) Slides of mining and mines in the Forest of Dean were shown.
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Sunday, 17th September
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Wigpool Iron Mine, or surface walks / drives.
Start times and meeting points for the following will be announced
Saturday evening;
Option 1: Underground visit to Wigpool Iron Mine. This
is not an easy trip – it is damp, messy and strenuous.
Option 2: One or possibly two surface walks in the Forest, the
last to finish by 4pm.
Option 3: Self-guided walks or a car drive.
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Sunday Evening - As the weather was kind, a DIY barbeque
was held at Mole’s (The Grottage, Cullis Lane, Mile End. NGR
SO 586 118). This will be mainly of interest to those going on
the Monday trip.
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Monday, 18th September - Box Stone Quarries.
Access conditions permitting, it is proposed to visit the famous
Box Stone Quarries, west of Bath, 200 ft above the even more famous GWR
Brunel railway tunnel. This will be an easy, dry underground trip.
The quarry has historical graffiti and many in-situ artefacts.