The Grotto
Introduction
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The Grotto
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 14 Sep 2008
William Champion set up a number of brass works and Zinc smelters in the Bristol area in the eighteenth century. The waste products of the works (clinker, ash and the like) were used to construct these grottoes and other features in his gardens. Water from the nearby Siston Brook was dammed to create this dark, damp and somewhat Stygian grotto - as was the fashion of the time.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.453197
Longitude
-2.48005