Report - St Austell - Clay Thingys?? - Sept 19

[Bikin Glynn]

I genuinely have no idea what this place is & dont even know how I found it, but its quite a nice place.
I felt like Attenborough at times with the amount of undergrowth I was scrabbling through.

Im guessing this is to do with clay production but any info greatly received?
The site consists of 2 main buildings split into 2 levels both with channelled out floors & false floor over them, most of which is now collapsed on the higher side.
They both had triple openings at one end which may of been some sort of furnaces.
One has a lovely chimney at the opposite end & the other was completely open ended.
There is a side room off one of these with cart tracks & what looks like high level loading area.

There is a lovely overgrown walkway out side & various smaller buildings dotted about.
Anyway it looks like this!

9O5A2990 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2982 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2980 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2976 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2974 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2991 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3003 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3010 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3012-2 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3026 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3037 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3028 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3005 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3014 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A3032 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2977 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

9O5A2992 by Bikin Glynn, on Flickr

Thanks For Looking

 

[HughieD]

Lol at that thread title. These look genuinely intriguing. Good work mate...

 

[Snowhead]

China Clay dryer, similar to this;

Treverbyn: china clay dry, Wheal Martyn © Martin Bodman

Pan kiln at the Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum and Country Park. Here the under-floor heating channels have been exposed. A chimney stack aided the movement of the hot gases along these flues. In the distance can be seen a truck on the traverser or travelling bridge, enabling clay slurry to be...

www.geograph.org.uk

 

[urbanchemist]

Zero points for research but a rather nice, graffiti-free place there.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

China Clay dryer, similar to this;

Treverbyn: china clay dry, Wheal Martyn © Martin Bodman

Pan kiln at the Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum and Country Park. Here the under-floor heating channels have been exposed. A chimney stack aided the movement of the hot gases along these flues. In the distance can be seen a truck on the traverser or travelling bridge, enabling clay slurry to be...

www.geograph.org.uk

Thanks knew someone would b along with the answers quick enough, wasn’t a bad guess though lol

 

[Calamity Jane]

Looks an intriguing place, reminds me of old cement works with those tunnels, but clay would be similarly moved I guess. Any nice one. Glad someone found history for you:

 

[Will Knot]

Nice thingys!