>>What's that rusty bell-like >>thing that Stefan (I hope I got the spelling right) is hiding in? At >>first I thought it some sort of ancient diving-bell, but the shell >>looks far too thin for that.
C> Yeah, it's at a viewing area for an open-cast china clay mine. They blast C> the clay straight off the surface of the cliffs dug into the mountain. C> The diving bell object is a relic from days gone by, but damned if we C> could figure out what it was.... I think it would be the emergency shelter against the very blasts you mentioned. They are abundant in all quarries and mines where explosives are used. Good light! fra