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Outside the council offices on Fabian Road are two ironstone obelisks, reported to be 2.5 tonnes in weight. 
The inscriptions say ‘Cleveland Ironstone Eston Mine’
A 2004 news report that says the pillars were moved to the site of the old hospital, so perhaps there are two more ?
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The location of the ironstone drift is now the site of pond, presumably filled with water still flowing from the mine workings.
The Lady Hewleys Trust is actually still in existance today.
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The remain of earthworks surrounding the Iron Age Fort are still very prominent on the ground, although they are best seen via aerial photography. Tees Archaeology have produced an excellent leaflet on the subject here.
The Napoleonic Beacon was built in 1808 as part of a chain to warn of attack, it later became a private residence and was inhabited up until the 1950s.
It was demolised in 1956 and ICI erect the current monument.
The view from the top is still spectacular
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By the side of the tramway that runs through the woods from the Eston mines are the remains of the Keith Fan House, it was used to ventilate an area of workings near the Lowther drift.
On the side of one of the concrete foundations is the inverted impression of company name.
The location i’ve given is only approximate, but its easily located walking along the tramway.
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This substation building was built in 1914 next to the tramway between the Eston and Chaloner ironstone mines and was one of the few standing remains left from the Eston mines.
Although you’ll not see it any more as it was apparently demolished in the last couple of days.
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This was an easy one for me as i’m now walking past it on my way into work every day at Corus Steel House.
The plaque has seen better days, but it says the 9 tonne block was extracted from the Eston mine in 1850 and stood outside the head offices of Bolckow & Vaughan until 1982.
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This extremely heavily built stucture is virtually all thats left around the Trustee Drift site, the outside has likely been a haven for underage drinking for decades.
There are two (very dark and dirty) rooms to be explored inside.
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The Eston Royal Observer Corps Post is in poor condition, it looks to have been burnt many times inside, although the surface features are still OK. The open hatch at one end.
Ventilation at the other
A diagram of a complete post can be found here and some internal shots of the post here
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The tunnel is very easy to locate at the top of path which bridges the A174.
There are a number of surface building which i’ll shortly identify after a visit to the library.
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A fantastic building hidden away in the woods, an 1870 fan house to draw fresh air through the mines.
Named “SS Castle” due to the wall ties. The layers of grafitti suggest its been a popular haunt for the junior drinkers of Eston and Lazenby for many years.
