Possible Quarry site at Baddesley Clinton

Description of this historic site

The possible site of a marl pit, from which marl was extracted during the Post Medieval period. The site is suggested by place-name evidence and is located 700m west of Baddesley Clinton.

Notes about this historic site

1 On the 1699 map of Baddesley Clinton parish, a field at this location was marked as Marl Pit Close.
2 On the 1841 tithe map it had been altered to Stoney Field.
3 No further reference to it could be found, and the site visit failed to reveal any surface indications of it.