Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: millstone

Evening light catches the heather and the Cioch Block (right) at the old millstone quarry at the south east end of the Burbage Valley in the Peak District National Park near Sheffield. This quarry is one of several in the locality which worked the Chatsworth Grit (or Rivelin Grit) for millstones and grindstones.

This is the track which leads down from the Hathersage Road to the Bole Hill quarries, adjacent to Lawrence Field in the Peak District National Park, near Hathersage. The track was used to bring materials, including steam locomotives, to the upper parts of the quarries, which were active in the early years of the 20th century. This photo is looking up towards the Hathersage Road near Surprise View Corner. There may have been a railway laid on this portion, or else materials were brought in this way by steam traction engine to the quarry, where there was definitely a network of quarry railway lines with locomotives hauling stone wagons to the top of the Padley Incline. The quarries were worked on a major industrial scale to provide stone for the construction of the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden dams. The quarries were also worked for grindstones and pulp stones. Immediately adjacent to this locality are the dozens of pulp stones (some visible in this photo), originally destined for a Swedish paper mill, but left abandoned here before they could be shipped out due to the outbreak of WW2 in 1939. More information here: www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Grindleford/BoleHi...

Abandoned pulp stones or grindstones next to the Bole Hill quarries track, at near Surprise View corner, near Hathersage. These stones were originally destined for a Swedish paper mill, but left abandoned here before they could be shipped out due to the outbreak of WW2 in 1939. The stones are made from the Chatsworth Grit in the 'Millstone Grit' (Namurian) group of the Upper Carboniferous. Here's the same view nearly 11 years earlier. Looks like there were a couple more stones then. Someone has probably made off with one or two in the meantime! www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39021296

Abandoned pulp stones or grindstones next to the Bole Hill quarries track, at near Surprise View corner, near Hathersage. These stones were originally destined for a Swedish paper mill, but left abandoned here before they could be shipped out due to the outbreak of WW2 in 1939. The stones are made from the Chatsworth Grit in the 'Millstone Grit' (Namurian) group of the Upper Carboniferous.

Abandoned pulp stones or grindstones next to the Bole Hill quarries track, at near Surprise View corner, near Hathersage. These stones were originally destined for a Swedish paper mill, but left abandoned here before they could be shipped out due to the outbreak of WW2 in 1939. The stones are made from the Chatsworth Grit in the 'Millstone Grit' (Namurian) group of the Upper Carboniferous.

The southern end of Burbage Edge has been extensively quarried for millstone manufacture, probably mostly in the 19th century. Access to the quarries is via a track (former tramway perhaps?) which runs along a constructed embankment. Rock debris from millstone manufacture has been tipped over the embankment edge. The 'Cioch Block', an amazing, prow-like, pillar of rock left standing is visible just right of centre.

Millstones and one of the quarries at the southern end of Burbage Edge.

The southern end of Burbage Edge has been extensively quarried for millstone manufacture, probably mostly in the 19th century. This particular quarry has an amazing prow-like pillar of rock left standing ("The Cioch Block"). Higger Tor is visble in the far distance. This photo is sepia version of an HDR photo posted previously.

The southern end of Burbage Edge has been extensively quarried for millstone manufacture, probably mostly in the 19th century. This particular quarry has an amazing prow-like pillar of rock left standing ("The Cioch Block"). Higger Tor is visble in the far distance. This photo is an HDR attempt in order to cope with the huge range of light intensity on this sunny day.

The southern end of Burbage Edge has been extensively quarried for millstone manufacture, probably mostly in the 19th century. This photo is an HDR attempt in order to cope with the huge range of light intensity on this sunny day. You can see some unfinished/unused millstones and also the remains of a stone-walled building (quarrymens', millstone mens' hut?) in the foreground.

This nice stone footbridge/packhorse bridge is over the Burbage Brook just to the east of Carl Wark in the Peak District National Park. We are still in South Yorkshire at this location, not Derbyshire. The quarries in the distance are on the southern extension of Burbage Edge, where there has been extensive extraction of the Chatsworth Grit (Namurian) for millstones - see elsewhere on my photostream. This is within the Sheffield city boundary.

Grindstones near Millstone Edge quarries, awaiting transport out. These were destined for a Swedish paper mill, but were abandoned here in 1939 on the outbreak of war. This is much later than the abandonment date of most of the millstones in this area, probably over 100 years ago when the bottom dropped out of the millstone market, due to French imports and the manufacture of synthetic millstones. Surprise View corner, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Here is the same view (with slightly fewer stones!) nearly 11 years later. www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023490

Abandoned millstone near Over Owler Tor and Millstone Edge quarries. There is a maker's identification mark (an 'x') just to the right of the centre hole. This millstone possibly dates from the 18th century and was probably abandoned before completion, due to a flaw in the stone becoming apparent.