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Chillagoe is an impressive combination of a relic copper mine, historic town, limestone caves, and Aboriginal rock paintings. It is located to the west of the Atherton Tableland and, although once a thriving mining town, is now little more than the ruins of its industrial past combined with some small mining operations. Still, it is genuinely fascinating, isolated, and exotic. Chillagoe is located 1,846 km northwest of Brisbane, 144 km west of Mareeba, 205 km west of Cairns, and 352 meters above sea level. Chillagoe-Mungana National Park The limestone in the area is the product of an unusual uplift of sediments (including coral) that were deposited in the ocean off the edge of the Australian continent about 400 million years ago. The sea level rose, the continental shelf moved east, and then, about 360 million years ago the sediments were compressed and uplifted. Source: www.aussietowns.com.au/town/chillagoe-qld

Although containing a wide variety of sedimentary rock types and basalt, the Chillagoe Formation is typified by limestone. In general the limestone is lime mud, variably recrystallised to marble. Locally it is fossiliferous with corals and stromatoporoids as well as megalodont bivalves, which are commonly in growth position. These and conodonts indicate that the formation is Silurian – Early Devonian (Telychian – Emsian). The Chillagoe area is noted for its spectacular landscape of jagged limestone towers and its extensive cave systems, many of which are protected within the Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park. The Royal Arch Cave is located about 5 km southwest of Chillagoe while the Donna, Pompeii, Bauhinia and Trezkinn caves are located 1.8 kilometres from the centre of town. Royal Arch, Donna and Trezkinn caves can be visited by guided tour only. Time will not permit us to visit these, but a short visit will be made to Balancing Rock. From the car park, 2.8 km from Chillagoe, a rough track climbs up the rock formation to view the spectacular limestone tower karst and the surrounding landscape of open woodland. Balancing Rock is an isolated limestone pillar, and in addition, the limestone shows many other features characteristic of karst, such as fluting (rillenkarren) and joints accentuated by solution (grikes). The Wallumba Aboriginal art site near Balancing Rock has viewing access provided by a boardwalk. Source: "North Queensland: 1700 million years of Earth history on the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic Margin of Eastern Australia", by Ian Withnell & Bob Henders, 2012 researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24850/2/24850_Withnall_and_Hend...

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Thanks a lot for adding this information and linking to The National Heritage Board´s database for archaeological sites and monuments. Read more about it here: www.raa.se/hitta-information/fornsok-fmis/about-fornsok/ /Anna B.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sweden before 1945, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Yes, looks like a water feature, so presumably on the grounds of some Big House near Doneraile.

I see a townland in Cork called Skehanagh, but not near Doneraile.

the titling says "SKEVANAGH CASCADE NEAR CORK ..." if that helps. Condensed script too, which might indicate c. 1890 -ish.

I have a virtual bottle of 1945 Chateau Latour, Pauillac (which I got at the exhibition yesterday) I will send It to the poster of the most informative comment on this photo. Mary



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“Skehanagh Cascade.
Skehanagh, Doneraile, once had an exotic cascade, (pictured) created by Councillor Evans on a portion of the land he then owned. Little is known of it in local memory at this stage, but I am happy to be able to tell some of the story. It was situated in a field on the farm subsequently owned by the Hunter family, whose mother was a relative of mine (and of the local Walsh families of Laharn). I recall staying there on holidays as a student. Mai Hunter, born 1900, remembered it as a child and remembered the old Councillor Evans still visiting it in his later years. In my time the Cascade had become neglected and overgrown, largely reverting to a usual quarry with a mixture of some exotic trees, plants and many briars and weeds. I remember finding the fountain of the photo, broken at the floor of the cascade/quarry, and I recovered it using a tractor and rope. I then set it in concrete in the front garden of Hunter’s house. (Is it still there?) The quarry, which was clearly visible from the road was later filled in and is now barely detectable. I never saw water in it, but I suspect that the nearby stream was diverted into it for occasions. Was this enough to fuel the fountain jet visible in the picture? It being limestone land, there may have been a slugaire hole in the floor that took the water.”

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However, this looks much older than to be “within living memory”
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Suck Diesel Looking good for the wine!!