Quarry to E of Brockhurst Lane

Description of this historic site

The site of a quarry which dates back to at least the Imperial period. The quarry is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and is visible as an earthwork. It is situated 400m north west of Cabbage Clump.

Notes about this historic site

1 On the 1886 6″ OS map, an earthwork at the above NGR is labelled “Old Sand Pit”.
2 Also on 1905 OS map.
3 It still exists now as a quite substantial quarried-out earthwork.

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