Quarry near the Fosse Way, N of Stretton
Description of this historic site
Several quarry pits are visible as earthworks. They may date to the Imperial period or earlier. They are situated 1km east of Knightlow Hill.
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Notes about this historic site
1 The 1905 Ordnance Survey map of the area shows in detail a series of depressions and hollows around this point, this is probably the result of quarrying.
2 Quarrying likely since gravel lies very near to the surface at this point.
3 OS map marks the site as “Sand and gravel pit”.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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