Old Drogheda Cement Quarry | Co. Louth | Ireland 4K | #djimini2  #drogheda #countylouth #ireland
Channel: DeeWeeUAVP
Date: 2023-05-25

This complex of disused quarries, which produced limestone for cement manufacture, is northwest of the town of Drogheda.

Spent many a day up here in my youth. Collecting tyres for the Halloween bonfires and pallets. To making rafts with telegraph poles and planks of wood. A dangerous place, with 40ft drops to the water below and probably another 40ft plus under the water. 

It was teeming with wildlife with perch fish, Perch are a popular sport fish species. They are known to put up a fight, and to be good for eating.

From its highest mound, one could see - Mornington's Maiden Tower with a decent set of bino's - As the sunset my dog 'Sam' would play rolling a rock down the bank, carry it up. And do it all again. Memories of simple times. No mobile phones. But we did have a Commodore C64. lololol

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The rock quarried at Mell is Carboniferous limestone, from about 340 million years ago.

A supposed Palaeolithic tool was found here, thought to have been brought in by natural agents, such as ice or water, rather than having been deposited by a user in situ.

The ownership here is mostly Drogheda Council or Louth County Council, but sections of the quarry remain in other hands, including an area of buildings and plant on the east side. There are three flooded pits, probably very deep in places, which constitute a hazard to consider, along with high unfenced cliff edges. Part of the site has been backfilled with domestic waste as the local tip, but this is now grassed over and vented for gas, presenting a largely sanitary aspect. Some parts appear to have suffered a degree of illegal dumping but overall it is relatively clear of debris. Whilst the entire site is fenced, vandalism and trespass remain as concerns. 

The geological heritage could be made accessible and interpreted fairly easily as part of a community park or similar, but would have to be addressed in the context of an integrated plan for the entire complex. Isolation from human interference means that many animal species have made the site their home, and biodiversity must also be considered.

2023 
It's just left to decay - Frozen in time, vehicles rust away! Nature retakes the land.
 
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