United Cavers Exploration Team
Cave and Mine Exploring => Trip Reports => Topic started by: Tim Watts on Nov 26, 2014, 11:15 PM
Friday through to Sunday 21st to 23rd November 2014.
Another trip to Nent with Ed and some other DCC peeps. So much still to see!
we stayed this time at the amazing http://haggsbank.com/ naggs-bank bunkhouse. The entrance to one of the mines (and they all link!) is built onto the size of the bunkhouse itself!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenthead
http://www.mineexplorer.org.uk/nenthead.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/village-digs-deep-into-its-mining-past-zinc-deposits-could-return-a-oncethriving-pennine-community-to-its-glory-days-9053698.html
http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/n905.htm
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nenthead+mines&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=894&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=m2F2VMfyPKKc7gaTzoHIAg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAjgK