Report - Quarry Dean Firestone Mine, Merstham, Surrey - June 2020

[obscurity]

I did a massive poo by that lake years ago and cut our trip short hahaha @Wevsky true story

 

[Seffy]

banging mate - decent write. up and great photos to boot!

 

[Calamity Jane]

It’s well worth it I actually ended up free climbing it on the way out as a bit of a challenge haha

Welcome back btw

 

[pastybarm]

The entrance and discussion of this place on newsgroups back in the day, was a right palava. IIRC is this down a ladder, underneath a manhole?

 

[Wevsky]

I did a massive poo by that lake years ago and cut our trip short hahaha @Wevsky true story

Very little airflow meant it lingered. it really did fucking stink you savage person

 

[Llama]

I did a massive poo by that lake years ago and cut our trip short hahaha @Wevsky true story

Oh no ahaha, I only took a piss in there, thankfully I didn’t encounter any of your floaters bobbing about

 

[Llama]

banging mate - decent write. up and great photos to boot!

Cheers Seth mate I’ll have to get across to your neck of the woods soon and get some bits done )

 

[Llama]

Welcome back btw

Aha cheers, I’m pretty sure I’m on my final warning now so I better start behaving myself

 

[Llama]

The entrance and discussion of this place on newsgroups back in the day, was a right palava. IIRC is this down a ladder, underneath a manhole?

I believe the ladder and manhole entrance was the football fields way in. From what I understand that’s long since been concreted shut

 

[Llama]

Very little airflow meant it lingered. it really did fucking stink you savage person

Thankfully it was all gone by the time I got there haha

 

[Hidinginplanesite]

Just researching this mine as want to explore more mines and your the first bit information that comes up ! Good report though sam

 

[Llama]

Just researching this mine as want to explore more mines and your the first bit information that comes up ! Good report though sam

Cheers Kimmy

 

[MissDimpIes]

This was once in the old Merstham football field. There used to be a train that ran to them to remove the quarried materials. The mine was last used in 1920 and is only 200 yes old, nothing to do with Roman. A lot of your facts are wrong. My dad used to do cave rescue and tours and knew these tunnels well and often had to rescue people who got lost down there! He has all the plans of all the tunnels and mines locally. The ‘lakes’ are just flooded tunnels. I remember going down here when I was younger, and haven’t been since as i became scared to enclosed spaces after this

 

[Wevsky]

This was once in the old Merstham football field. There used to be a train that ran to them to remove the quarried materials. The mine was last used in 1920 and is only 200 yes old, nothing to do with Roman. A lot of your facts are wrong. My dad used to do cave rescue and tours and knew these tunnels well and often had to rescue people who got lost down there! He has all the plans of all the tunnels and mines locally. The ‘lakes’ are just flooded tunnels. I remember going down here when I was younger, and haven’t been since as i became scared to enclosed spaces after this

This one is just down the track from the football field mine, both quarries have different numbers, unless they joined at some point ?

 

[OBLIVION urbex explores]

nice explore