Something I found on the photographs from last time was that they suffered from the lack of dynamic range of the sensor in my Nikon D70. I did bracket many of the images but not all, and consequently, some of the images were technically lacking, but I like to think I captured the spirit of the place. Since moving to a full frame camera in 2009 I’ve had fewer problems with dynamic range, and now that I’m using a Nikon D810, the problems are even less, especially at lower ISO’s, and I slightly regret not revisiting earlier when the site was more intact.
Taken from a broadly similar viewpoint as last time, you can see how much has changed on this picture.
Scrap. Surprised the traveling community haven’t relocated this.
A small moat is forming round the head frame.
Taken from a broadly similar viewpoint as this from last time, albeit much later in the day, on the way home.
There’s some nice old photos of the mine on aditnow.co.uk here.
Mechanical Landscapes 
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