Pinner Chalk Mines and Pinner Building Stones Walk
This exciting trip was ably led by Ken Kirkman, who is a local
historian and by our own Brian Harvey who covered the geology. Note
that the pictures are taken by flashlight and the actual conditions were much, much
darker.
Undaunted by the pouring rain, Brian Harvey also led a building stones
walk in and around Pinner High Street. What a glutton for punishment! This link will
take you to these pictures
All pictures on this page are ŠPaul Hetherington 1999
The entrance to the Pinner Chalk Mines. The shaft itself is 2m wide |
Iain Fletcher arrives safely at the bottom, aided by Ken Kirkman |
 Looking up the shaft - the yellow thing is the safety belt
being taken up for the next person
|
 In
the Pinner Chalk Mines |
 Off on our journey
into the Mines |
 Brian
describes the geology |
 Bands of flint in
the chalk |
 Is it a fossil? |
 Drip stone deposited
where water percolates through the joints in the chalk |
 Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to work we go! |
 Signatures and initials left by miners using candle flames -
these are the latest dates in the mines |
 Brian
waits for his turn to ascend. |
 An intrepid explorer
emerges into the daylight |
Pinner Building Stones Walk
 Brian talks about the transportation of building stones |
Looking at Pinner Church |
 An unusual tomb in Pinner churchyard |
 Looking at facing materials at the Woolwich |
 Macdonalds uses
Travertine on its facings. It is effectively a drip stone and it is
formed sub-aerially, the holes are where the algae was growing |
Please Note:- the above Gallery is a record of our visit, we
do not have access the mine.
It is our understanding that it is now too
dangerous for access and is closed. - LOUGS 13/01/11
