Madness
New member
We were down Merlin's last night and noticed something that interested me.
Just after the turn off to Gimli's Dream you turn right towards the streamway. The roof of this passage is scalloped and to me it would appear to be a phreatic tube extended downwards by miners to make a walking passage. The thing is, the roof of the original phreatic tube appears to veer left after a few metres away from the passage to the streamway. I should have had a better look, but we were a bit short on time.
Surely someone must have noticed this before and investigated? I can't believe the late great John Beck would have missed this.
Just after the turn off to Gimli's Dream you turn right towards the streamway. The roof of this passage is scalloped and to me it would appear to be a phreatic tube extended downwards by miners to make a walking passage. The thing is, the roof of the original phreatic tube appears to veer left after a few metres away from the passage to the streamway. I should have had a better look, but we were a bit short on time.
Surely someone must have noticed this before and investigated? I can't believe the late great John Beck would have missed this.