.... 23 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Nothing to do with a a sheep wash. Good guess though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Are those two recesses designed to support/accept some other structure? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Think we have pix of it on our Flickr page......so wont say as we were there about 2 years ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Are those two recesses designed to support/accept some other structure? Indeed they are. I think it's the two narrow recesses to the rear (the right one of which you can see) that are probably the key to understanding what it is. - Cheers Kev Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Taken from the bridge ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 It was Kev. I did have a slither down the bank to get a good close-up though. Interesting little place isn't it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Yeah....Lovely walk too....some quite interesting things if you get a good look around...the weights hanging on one of the gates was quite impressive too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hi Stu, can't identify this place. Looks like somewhere you'd park your bottie when going on a long country walk. Love the capturing of mellow chiaroscuro on a Spring day. :smile: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 I tlooks like the mounting wall for a water wheel to me. Don't know where though...Southwell Mill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hi Stu, had another thought: looks like a couple of ready made chairs you'd come across on a country walk; if you were by yourself and a really tall person, you could park your bottie on one and put your feet up on the other! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Love the capturing of mellow chiaroscuro on a Spring day. :smile: Congratulations on almost certainly being the first person to ever use the word chiaroscuro on this forum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 chiaroscuro! I hate Pasta! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Thanks a lot Cliff Ton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Think it's a sluice gate for a water mill, but no idea where it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Is it that Roman bath up above Eperstone ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Think it's a sluice gate for a water mill, but no idea where it is. Scriv has it right for what it is. I'll let the information board describe in its own words: 'Stone walling narrowing to a former sluice gate through which water flowed into a large reservoir known as ---- ----. This was part of an elaborate water-management system designed to supply a regular supply of water to power several cotton mills close to the River ----.' So then: it's not at Southwell Mill, it's not the sheep wash up above Epperstone, Where is it? The clue is in the river... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 That's easy then it's at ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Well done Ashley. Here's your prize: ------- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 It's the river Erewash judging by the surrounding hills. Probably Eastwood direction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Wrong river and wrong area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 River Leen; Bulwell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 River Leen - correct. Bulwell - incorrect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Papplewick (Warp Mill ?) Centre of map http://www.streetmap...5611_462611.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Or up in Kirkby Forest ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Papplewick (Warp Mill ?) Centre of map http://www.streetmap...5611_462611.htm Game over It's in Moor Pond Wood, Papplewick. It stands just off the end of Papplewick Lane that runs down to Hucknall as per centre of the above map. Well done Beefy. A nice little stroll and one of the many interesting things about the villages of Papplewick and Linby. Yesterday I did a quick recce of the Calverton railway line by accessing it from the bridge on the A60 near Seven Mile House near Burntstump Hill. Running from there is a very pleasant footpath over to Papplewick and well, what with it being such a nice afternoon, we got interested and carried on to the village, including a walk through Moor Pond Wood. Of course, a pint beckoned half way through at the Griffin's Head (one of my favourite pubs). I'll post a pic or two when I get a moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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