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Post by annedw on Mar 7, 2010 15:18:06 GMT
I intended to take the dog for a walk around the Quarry this afternoon. When I got there it was all fenced off. WHY news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8556265.stmThis was in the news yesterday, it doesn`t make sense to me. I wasn`t going to climb up the rocks or crawl down the holes. Instead I followed the footpath around the quarry as the other signs instructed. It was slippy, full of hidden rocks and holes and very unpleasant to walk along. Does anyone local know anything about this. Attachments:
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Post by annedw on Mar 10, 2010 11:35:22 GMT
New link is working .I have heard from the Wildlife Trust and they tell me it is Lafarge who have erected the fences. Does this mean that the `organised` walking and caving clubs have no access either. The was a lot of `talk` about developing the `Fossil Forest` at Brymbo a couple of years ago, but that seems to have come to nothing. Taken from paper. There are plans to open up a network of caves and tunnels to the public as part of a bid to transform a quarry into a "significant" tourist attraction. For over 200 years limestone was mined at Minera Quarry near Wrexham but operations ceased in 1994. Now conservationists want to develop the site for recreation and tourism. A report to Wrexham council's executive board says the site is of "considerable interest" in terms of animal and plant life as well as industrial heritage. It states the council could help by providing advice although it has made it clear it cannot contribute financially. But the North Wales Wildlife Trust, working with others, has offered to lead the project, including fundraising. The report states detailed and specialist research is needed before a business plan is drawn up and planning permission applied for. There are also a number of land issues as the quarry is owned by the global building materials company Lafarge. The trust has said it does not wish to comment until discussions with the company progress. But the report states: "Minera Quarry is now a prominent and distinctive location of ecological, geological, historical and recreational importance. "Since the cessation of operations, parts of the site have regenerated naturally and now form part of the Ruabon, Llantysilio and Minera Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)." It said the quarry is also of importance with regard to industrial heritage with two structures listed as scheduled ancient monuments, as well as disused railway tracks and other features connected to its working past. "The site comprises an impressive system of natural limestone caves that, with the provision of an access tunnel, could be developed into a visitor attraction unique in the north Wales region," it added. "The complex of hard-rock tunnels may offer the potential of a further underground visitor experience in the fullness of time."
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Post by annedw on Mar 17, 2010 9:21:53 GMT
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Post by tominera on Mar 17, 2010 18:37:15 GMT
Hi Annette, I am pretty sure you are correct re the location of the kilns as we usually walked to the lime works from Minera along a road known locally as "The White Road" which started from just in front of "Ty Brith" where the late Clifford Davies was brought up, and we would pass the kilns when nearing the actual works A few years ago Trevor Fishlock visited the Limeworks kilns, caves etc also Star Press in Coedpoeth before ending his walk in Erddig Hall. I have a recording from the TV which is not marvellous quality but quite watchable and would gladly make you a DVD if you would like one. ;D Just in case you never get admission again ;D--Tom
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