'Brick Houses Brook' near Limb Lane, Sheffield
Introduction
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'Brick Houses Brook' near Limb Lane, Sheffield
Image: © S Dumpleton Taken: Unknown
The 'Brick Houses Brook'is an unofficial name for the otherwise un-named brook which rises from Brick Houses just north of Dore, south west Sheffield, and flows eastwards through Ryecroft Glen, before joining the Limb Brook in Ecclesall Woods. At the camera location the brook flows into a stone-lined culvert beneath the landscaped old spoil heaps of the former Moss Ganister Mine (worked from late 19th century until 1940s) where it is joined by drainage from the old mine workings, and eventually emerging again from a concrete pipe in Ryecroft Glen. However, the ochrous staining visible in the photo appears to be natural (i.e. not related to mine workings) caused by water seepage through, and oxidation of, the pyritic shales which form the river bank at this point.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.333653
Longitude
-1.537454