Clearwell Caves Chimney - The Rocks, Coleford, Gloucestershire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 51° 46.269 W 002° 36.843
30U E 526630 N 5735655
Just off the path from the car park to the entrance of Clearwell Caves, this chimney can be seen.
Waymark Code: WMM5XD
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/27/2014
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The chimney is part of an oven used to process ochre from the iron ore minerals in the cave system.
It is a brick chimney on a stone base. This is a beautiful area and the caves are an ancient natural system which have been extensively mined.