Talk:Devil's Chimney (Gloucestershire)

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This article should probably be titled Devil's Chimney (without the).


 * It has been done. —Grstain | Talk 17:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

In the illustrated book "Cotswolds and Shakespeare Country, Text by Alan Hollingsworth, London, Ian Allan Ltd, 1979", you can find the following text about Devil's Chimney: "The Devil's Chimney ... is not a natural formation nor does it owe its origin to infernal help. It is most probably a quarryman's joke dating from about 1790 when Leckhampton Hill was actively quarried. Its most likely origin was as a wedgeshaped peninsula createtd when a light railway was cut diagonally up the face of the quarry. Quarryman then helped with both the shaping and the creation of the legend that it was the Devil's work. Made of 'freestone' - notice the regualar and horizontal bedding - it is already eroding rapidly especially on the western side and the effect of frost is opening the natural joints in the rock. Without suitable reinforcement it seems unlikely to survive for more than a decade or two." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apoanum (talk • contribs) 13:17, 23 March 2019 (UTC)