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Owner: Nigel Dibben  Swan Mine and Brown's Folly  Date: 4th March 2012 
Pictures taken during a trip with the Wealden Cave and Mine Society 

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Shape has been formed by frost action on the rock :: 2012:03:04 13:29:36 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 10:20:34 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 10:45:10 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 10:54:07 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610
SWAN MINE: Entrance passageA loading bay to transfer stone onto horse-drawn cartsThe height of the workings before backfillingAn unusal sight, a ladder up a faulted area
2012:03:04 11:05:41 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 11:08:49 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 11:13:32 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 11:33:37 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610
Cart tracksHorse prints in the mud, carefully protected by boulders and tapeSaw sharpening bench with frigbob in placeMore cart tracks showing how the carts leant outwards on the curves
One of the blocks has been chaped as a ridge tile :: 2012:03:04 12:06:36 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 12:19:03 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 12:45:34 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 12:59:32 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610
Relics including chain, partly worked blocks and a water troughCrane in situ and in quite good condition, but very fragileCrane in not quite such good condition after the roof fell on itA good illustration of the method of working in layers
2012:03:04 14:13:05 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 14:19:09 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 14:51:07 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610
BROWN'S FOLLY: Larger passages still using horse and cartPart of the mine where rail has been used known as Clapham JunctionWater troughs fed from seepage collected in a gulley carved round the pillarGraffiti
2012:03:04 15:11:18 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610 2012:03:04 15:24:38 :: Nigel Dibben :: Canon PowerShot A610  
Dead cranePit props in the middle route through the mine  

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