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Old Quarry Copse, Chicksgrove

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Address: West end of the modern quarry at Upper Chicksgrove,
East of Tisbury.
County: Wiltshire
Postcode: SP3 6LX
Nearest Town: Shaftesbury
Map Reference: ST959295
Grid Reference: E: 395921 N: 129552
Further Information: This quarry was named 'Old Quarry Copse' at the beginning of the 19th cetnury and most of it has now been obliterated by the modern Chicksgrove Quarry. As it happens this quarry is the sole supplier of new stone for Salisbury Cathedral, though only the hardest stone, from the highest beds in the quarry is now used (Tatton-Brown 1993: 41).
Associated Name(s): Old Quarry Copse, Chicksgrove.
Period(s) Quarried: Later Medieval, Post Medieval.