While down in Gloucester for David’s weekend of ghost hunting, I travelled to Clearwell Caves. You can choose to go much deeper into the caves as part of a tour but due to the time we arrived there we couldn’t do that so we did the walk through of the higher up caves by ourselves.
These are a natural cave system which have been mined for Ochre and Iron Ore. It’s now open as a mining museum.
The caves were formed 180million years ago by underground streams. They have been used as mines since the Roman times. Six mines operated inside the caves. Occasionally the mines still operate to produce ochre, and it’s known as one of the few places where purple ochre can be found.
The caves were used in the filming of the Christmas episode of Dr Who in 2005.
People have reported hearing noises in the caves, including metal clanging in the distance, footsteps have been heard, pick axes being used. An miner has been spotted,he was known as ‘Th’ Old Mon’ to the workers in the mines. People have reported feeling watched as they walk through the caves.
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