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October 2011
Mining Consultant Assessment
An overgrown Torwood Pool? – Nope! A big thanks to Miles Moulding for his OK to reproduce his recent email below. Miles gives a very confident, convincing and detailed explanation of the original purpose of the Torwood Blue Water Pool. Flooded downcast shaft – the water level in this shaft is …
Behind The Arch
I was fairly sure I had cleared most of the weed from the arch by the time I lowered the camera into the pool last Sunday. Clarity of the water was excellent. Previous still photos had been pot luck as I was working blind. This time I used the same underwater camera but in VIDEO mode — hopefully I …
June 2011
New Photos Inside Arch Still Inconclusive
About a week ago, I cleared as much weed from the inside of the arch as I could — not easy when you’re working blind. Yesterday I tested my new makeshift underwater light with two car headlight bulbs and a lead acid battery. My new light proved ineffective at penetrating the gloom behind the …
First Photos Inside Brick Arch
Muiravonside Armed with an underwater camera, I had hoped to find an arched-roof tunnel going as far as the eye can see and descending at an angle of about thirty degrees in the direction of Quarter Colliery. A similar arrangement can be seen in a photo of an Airshaft at Muiravonside Pit: From …
March 2011
Son of Blue
Carbrook House It was May 2010 when David Hunter of Torwood announced in the comments section that he had found an identical pool at Carbrook. David and his wife Stephanie had been researching Carbrook House. As they walked the grounds, they spotted a ring in the grass that had been missed by …
Why Aint The Pool Blue?
Pure water has no colour Pure water has no colour. Water can contain minute suspended particles that affect the colour. Water draining from peaty ground may have a slightly yellow hew. Water containing a fine suspension of clay particles has a milky or opal blue colour. Water absorbs and …
February 2011
Summary Of Torwood Blue Pool So Far
Known by Denny folk as The Blue Pool and by Plean folk as The Blue Water — I created a hybrid title, The Torwood Blue Water Pool. After two years of investigating and a lot of phone calls and interviews, I concluded that there is nobody alive today who knows its original purpose. Many ideas have …
April 2010
More Pipes Found But Archives Draw Blank So Far
Arch showing clearly the position of the two six inch pipes My visit to the National Archives in Edinburgh drew a blank. All the interestingly named items in-house were just the same old ordnance survey maps with some coloured boundary lines showing who owned some small piece of land at a …
January 2010
Water Tank Theory Abandoned
I have not yet had any response from Carron Phoenix or the Forestry Commission but many thanks to Scottish Water for their speedy response and the research by their legal department. We have nothing in the immediate area either by way of land holdings or assets. I would have to say that Scottish …
December 2009
Brick Arch And 2nd Pipe Found
Camera at an awkward angle to avoid surface reflections of the sky It’s almost two months since I visited the Blue Pool and cleared some hairy weed from the brickwork and managed to photograph a six inch pipe just as the sun was setting and the deeper water was still cloudy. Today I needed the …
October 2009
Few More Facts And Speculation
A recent conversation with the current owners of Todhill Farm (east of Torwood Castle), revealed that the Blue Pool may have once been the water supply for Todhill — mmm . . . another one I hear you say — well this story has some interesting merits. It is obvious that the Blue Pool was an expensive …
Google Map Of Torwood Blue Pool
This is a customised Google map showing markers for features around the Blue Pool. You can click on the text below the map to enlarge it. The information on each marker will be updated if it becomes available. There is currently no way to have more than one layer so all the features have to be …
Torwood Blue Pool Water Analysis
My last visit to the pool was 20 September 2009. The water was almost as clear as my previous visit on 31 August but there was no sign of the irregular round blue circle in the centre of the bottom — everything was the same kaki colour. The image is slightly confused with some reflections of the …
August 2009
Torwood Blue Pool Bottom Visible
The bottom is visible and the pool is almost devoid of life We hacked our way through bracken that was two metres tall on a path that was hardly visible but our reward was a clear view of the bottom of the Blue Pool. I did not have a polarising filter with me and was forced to take a photograph …
Brick Arched Opening Confirmed
The pool at this nearby quarry has been described as ‘Blue’ this may be because of deep clear water. A local dog walker told me this is the lowest level of water she has ever seen in the quarry. There is an old car on the bottom. I was shooting video at the pool about a month ago (June 2009) and I …
Water Sample From Torwood Blue Pool
Eileen Livingston from Plean, Scotland. l can say for sure that the pool doesn’t just fill up with rain water and then evaporate to change levels. l have been up one day and the level has been about 4 feet (1m) from the top. However, the very next day it was full to the brim. There was no rainfall …