Thursday, 17th May 2018
| Walk: | Lumsdale Valley | ||
| Start Point: | Opposite Highfields School | Grid Reference: | SK 312 611 |
| Distance: | 1 miles | ||
| Time: | 1 hour | ||
| Weather: | Sunny | ||
| Comments: | The river cascades down through a route of manmade mill wheels and small natural waterfalls beside a warren of buildings and tunnels used to power the mill using nature's natural resources. | ||
Stepping stones across Bentley Brook, formerly called 'Lums' . . .
which reaches the Middle Pond, part of the 1880s development
The Lower Pond was the site of a quarry until the 1850s
when it was converted into a reservoir contained by a large dam
from where water flows . . .
from the dam wall
and down the rocky valley
One of a number of ruins in the valley
Single-stone bleaching vat
Chimney, whose flues vented upper mills
Further down the valley
1770s corn & mineral Grinding Mill