Ironstone dug to the east of Chester Farm in the 1870s and again in the 1920s. Extraction was by hand digging, in a method called ‘barrow and plank’. The wagons of ore crossed the site and the embankment of the light railway can clearly be seen.
Ironstone dug to the east of Chester Farm in the 1870s and again in the 1920s. Extraction was by hand digging, in a method called ‘barrow and plank’. The wagons of ore crossed the site and the embankment of the light railway can clearly be seen.