Possible Quarry NW of Orchard Farm, High Cross

Description of this historic site

The possible site of a gravel pit dating to the Imperial period. The site is suggested by a tithe map dating to 1845. The site is located 600m north west of High Cross.

Notes about this historic site

1 On the 1845 tithe map of Copston Magna, a field centered on the above NGR is called “Gravel Hole Piece”.
2 Nothing more is known about the site, and field work didn’t reveal any sign of it.

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