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Mathos · 11-10-2008, 05:58 AM

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Happyman wrote:-

Hey Mathos !
Have a calculated guess and then start digging .

Back in circulation for a few days so I shall ignore all those pics of trout streams that you keep posting, and just look at the recent ones !!

First one looks like spoil heaps from surface mining of some sort.

Second one needs a little TLC applied to that wall - give me a week or so with my hammer and I will get it sorted !

Third one is interesting - have no idea of scale but it "looks like" a sett bench.

Behind the wall there is an overgrown Quarry.

A sett bench is where the secondary quarry men used to square up the stones for building or roads using just a hammer and chisel !!- on piecework !!!! Two old pence each at the turn of the last century !!! Six pence for a bloody granite railway sleeper !!!

The taller stones on the side were what they put their workpiece on and the finished setts were stacked on top of the bench - at a height where they could be loaded onto a cart.

I have blown the pic up as far as I cant "guesstimate" the height

- Sett benches I have seen in the past were about 5- 6 foot high .

Cheers

Great assistance from you as usual. Thanks a lot for the same. It makes it all much more interesting.

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BLOODY HELL you bugger !
While I was doing my reply you stuck some more river pics on !!!

I know, look at this too, just to remind you of the House Boat Days:-

These were in a small basin:-

Since talking to you about barges, and house boats, they appear to turn up on every corner.

They're almost as common as Morris 1000 Travellers.

I had to take the modern car out of the frame, it looked much better I thought.

They were brilliant little cars too.

Flobo used to have a Morris Minor when she passed her test.

A black one, I gave about £25..00 for it in 1967. She called it her Batmobile.

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And he passed on a further additional link:-

Another site you may find interesting !

WELCOME TO WWW.ROMAN-BRITAIN.ORG

got some good info and references there!

Cheers

It's an extremely interesting site Happyman.
Cheers.