Minotaur’s Lair - Accrington

History

“Nestled in the heart of eastern Lancashire, the Hyndburn Brook meanders through the borough for roughly 5 miles.Thought to be born from the confluence of the Tinker Brook and White Ash Brook near Church. this modest waterway eventually surrenders its flow to the larger River Calder south of Martholme. Along its route it dips below the surrounding terrain following the path laid out by victorian engineered culverts. Minotaurs Liar is a culvert that takes the Hyndburn brook around 265m under a field. The infall is made up of brick which fades into blasted rock and eventually becomes mainly stone arched throughout. Around halfway through an incline gives way to the fast flow of moving water and a couple of deep pits appear. Its here where remains of a cut stone archway can be seen along with what could have been a sluice gate at one point in time. Past the deep pools, impressive flowstone and calcite pools can be seen, a sign that water ingress through the aging brickwork is present”.