I was at Cults on Tuesday 18th April 2023 and found what must have been a quite recent roof collapse (last time I was at this entrance was October last year). A large amount of rock, several tons including large boulders was partly blocking what used to be a middle route leading off from the entrance, just a few yards inside. I don't have any pictures of before the collapse to compare it to but it immediately 'didn't look right' when I entered the mine and I've gone that way in the past without there being a huge collapse to climb over. Its a sobering reminder that places like this aren't as safe as they sometimes seem to be - I confess I used to assume that most of the many collapses in there were quite old but major collapses are clearly still occurring. I only took a few pictures of the area of the old area west of the entrance, which is quite well preserved in view of its age. This mine really does have a 'string problem', there's more of the stuff than ever each time I visit and wasted a lot of time clearing it away. There are still unspoiled parts of the mine to be found but nearer the entrances graffiti and string are major problems but thats hard to avoid with an open access mine - look at the state Box mine was in before it was sealed off.
, but for sure all these places will move -- and one day collapse.
