Mining at Wellhaugh / Wellheugh Amble

[janwhin]

Originally Posted by Coquet

I noticed the other day that the quarry road is still visible cutting across the links from near 'Manders' - it must have swung around near the high water mark and into the quarry floor.

I've just had a look at my 1897 Amble Sheet, which extends further south than the one on Northumberland Communities. It shows the track you mention, cutting diagonally across toward high water mark, and what seems to have been a narrow neck to the quarry at the north eastern end. There is also a square building at the point where the track swing round into the quarry through the neck. Could this be the foundations you spotted on the Google map? The track goes through the centre of the quarry to its SW end, which is diamond shaped, behind Link House. This seems to be the bit where stone was actually being quarried. There are cranes marked on the map at the entrance to the diamond area.