The quarry is first depicted on the 1893 OS map and is first marked as disused on the 1964 OS map. Gritstone was quarried (Taylor 2000, 2). Prior to quarrying the area formed part of Rod Moor. There is no legibility of the moorland. The origin of the moorland landscape is uncertain though this area is likely to be moorland by the Roman period (see Bevan 2003 for discussion of environmental evidence).