StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: spoil heaps

smr[18] - views from the line {4 of 9}

smr[18] - views from the line {4 of 9}

StoneRoad2013
30 May 2021 66
The waste from lead mining tends to stay un-vegetated for many years, due to the toxicity. . Two of the communication masts on Snaefell's summit can be seen to the left of the image.
smr[18] - views from the line {5 of 9}

smr[18] - views from the line {5 of 9}

StoneRoad2013
30 May 2021 69
Another view of the waste tips from an abandoned lead mine, almost at the head of a branch of the Laxey River valley. This landscape is very similar to the lead mining areas of the Pennines [in England], although a lot of that area used "hushing" to strip overburden away - damming a small stream, then breaking the dam and allowing the floodwaters to strip away the thin soil. This left characteristic steep sided areas with a spread of debris downstream.