Dismantled Railway, South Cave, East Yorkshire

Its common knowledge that the railway system was reduced around the late 1950s. East Yorkshire was hit bad. We still have some remains though.

Today we are looking at a small section in South Cave. It was run by the Hull and Barnsley Train line.  Here it is on an OS map.

And courtesy of Gmaps.

This part of the line was turned into a road briefly, as part of the valley was quarried for a while.

Here are some pictures – Courtesy of field reporter North.

From the floor looking west

and looking east

Stuff like this is knocking about.

Something to do with the rail line. Not sure what it is.

This is slightly further down the line…

two bridges, one slim, one quite long. Unused. Nothing goes across or underneath these anymore. (picture courtesy of North)

Between the two bridges looking east. This is known as sugar loaf tunnel. Apparently has bats in there? (picture courtesy of North)

A better picture?

Sugar Loaf Tunnel – Sunny

Further down this line there is a really long tunnel, goes really far underground. Above the ground you can see chimneys protruding from the ground. You can see these between Wauldby and Riplingham.

Someone has suggested turning this unused network of underground tunnels into a theme park! You gotta see this! Click here, check out the date of this article as well!

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Swinescaif Quarry, South Cave, East Yorkshire

Disused Quarry at South Cave. This place is huge, more pictures are to follow for this one. OS929326

Disused Swinescaif Quarry, South Cave

Would have taken more pictures but there was some people messing around on motorbikes.
Its a chalk quarry.

St. Austin’s Stone, Drewton Wold (near South Cave)

Hi.

So I saw this:

In Drewton, near South Cave

I do a bit of reading; so let me paraphrase.

Up in the wolds near South Cave there is a huge chalky rock outcrop. The rock is described as a conglomerate and covers approximate 300m².  It is said that St. Augustine preached from this rock many many years ago, before Britain was a Christian country. In fact the rock is said to have been the centre of druidical worship which gave the local town the name of Druid’s Town (Drewton). Since then the site has been used for Baptisms and other Church Services and Ceremonies.

So basically, this rock has had religious and historical importance for well over 1500 years.

Click for larger pictures.

View from the footpath that passes the top of the woodland (courtesy of esoterik)

Getting Closer (courtesy of esoterik)

View from the side of St Austin’s Stone (courtesy of esoterik)

Its amazing what you can find around here, right on your doorstep.