Mark Ireland in the main shaft prior to the new capping being installed:
Temporary covers (blue panels) opened to expose the walled shaft:
Delivery of the specially designed capping sections:
Installing the first section:
Installing the second section:
The CSCC would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous help, freely given, of the following people who ensured that this project ran as smoothly as possible: Chris Binding, Les Davies (the Mendip Hills AONB Warden for grant aid), Mark Ireland, Paul Wakeling (for kindly and expertly fabricating the new entrance metalwork), Doug Harris, Alan Gray, Mick Norton, Hugh Tucker, Elaine Johnson, Justin Urch and his colleagues, and Steve Bambridge of Milbury Systems for his patience and assistance.
The padlock on the cap requires the standard CSCC key.
A financial breakdown of the project is listed in the CSCC minutes of the September 06 general meeting (see CSCC website, documents section).
A low-grade survey has been done by the WCC.
Concern has been expressed about the conservation of the old mining artefacts in the level near the bottom of the shaft (which is
often flooded), and there are plans for a secondary (internal) gate to be installed lower in the mine in order to protect them. If you visit the site please leave any artefacts in situ - they should be respected as superb examples of local mining history/archaeology.
There are plans to place anchors for SRT use in the main and secondary shaft.
