Huntcliffe Ironstone Mine Guibal Fanhouse
The loading ramp for the Huntcliffe mine borders the railway line which still runs to Boulby Potash mine.
Just to the south of the ramp are the foundation of an engine house used for haulage.
The fanhouse itself is on the opposite side of the railway.
In the field on the landward side is a small area of collapsed tunnel which allows access to the base of the shaft inside the building.
Heres the same shaft seen from inside
A large void remains in the middle of the structure where the fan was once located.
In the bottom of the pit is a doorway and a view up the chimney.
However much time you spend here, its hard to escape the prying eyes.
March 20th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I’ve always loved this fan house, its a perfect place to rest whenever im walking from Whitby to Saltburn. Alot of the time though its full of yobs who of course cant seem to be able to resist the need to visually foul the place with graffiti.
I was over at the fan house in Old Shaft Woods near Skelton Park the other day and its in a terrible mess…. while i was there i found a tunnel leading away from the place which, it had collaped in two places allowing me to see into it. It’s dimensions looked to be about 3ft by 3ft and there was a pipe travelling up the middle back to the fan house. The tunnel didnt end at the furthest collapse from the fan house as there was a small hole i was able to stick my head in to see that the tunnel kept going and disappeared into the distance and even then there was no visable sign of collapse. There was a really strong breeze of fresh air coming from where ever this tunnel goes and im gonna try and find where.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Visited the site again today. Somewhere nearby on the seaward side and running underneath the railway line apparently is a bricked up drift, which we could not find. Does anyone know where it is? The new information board does however refer to the 2 original drifts, one of which appears to enter down the cliff somewhere….there is noticeable coastal erosion in this area which may have taken earlier remains (along with the nearby Roman signal station)!