Lea Quarries, Much Wenlock, Shropshire: Archaeological Record and Heritage Assessment

Birmingham Archaeology, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5284/1038418. How to cite using this DOI

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1038418
Sample Citation for this DOI

Birmingham Archaeology (2016) Lea Quarries, Much Wenlock, Shropshire: Archaeological Record and Heritage Assessment [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1038418

Data copyright © University of Birmingham unless otherwise stated

This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Creative Commons License


Historic England logo

Primary contact

Historic England
1 Waterhouse Square
138-142 Holborn
London
EC1N 2ST
UK
Tel: 01793 414700
Fax: 01793 414707

Send e-mail enquiry

Resource identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1038418
Sample Citation for this DOI

Birmingham Archaeology (2016) Lea Quarries, Much Wenlock, Shropshire: Archaeological Record and Heritage Assessment [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1038418

Birmingham Archaeology logo
University of Birmingham logo

Introduction

Lea Quarries, Much Wenlock, Shropshire: Archaeological Record and Heritage Assessment

Birmingham Archaeology was commissioned in 2009 by The National Trust (West Midlands Region) to undertake an archaeological record and heritage assessment in respect of the disused Lea Quarries, Much Wenlock, Shropshire (centred on NGR SO 59348 98330), to inform discussions regarding the possible future use of the quarry.

Wenlock Edge forms a limestone escarpment, approximately 24km long and aligned north-east to south-west between the settlements of Much Wenlock and Craven Arms in South Shropshire. The characteristic formation has been formed by the weathering of a bed of Silurian limestone which is underlain and covered by the Wenlock and Lower Ludlow shales respectively. The bed is inclined to the south-east, with a gentle slope in this direction while the face of the scarp is formed by the limestone itself, presenting an almost natural quarry face.


ADS logo
Data Org logo
University of York logo