| Address: |
Near Talbot's Wood
Half a kilometre north of Langton Matravers |
| County: |
Dorset |
| Postcode: |
BH19 3HH |
| Nearest Town: |
Swanage |
| Map Reference: |
SY998792 |
| Grid Reference: |
E: 399803 N: 079282 |
| Further Information: |
This quarry provided hundreds of tons of building stone some of which was used for bridges over the Swanage Railway built in 1884. Last worked extensively in the 1920's and sporadically up to 1980's, it quarried Broken Shell Limestone (DIGS n.d.). |
| Associated Name(s): |
Crack Lane Quarry, Langton Matravers.
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| Period(s) Quarried: |
Post Medieval,
Modern.
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