| Address: |
One and a half miles south of Faringdon,
Half a mile east of Little Coxwell, |
| County: |
Oxfordshire |
| Postcode: |
SN7 7PH |
| Nearest Town: |
Swindon |
| Map Reference: |
SU294933 |
| Grid Reference: |
E: 429409 N: 193314 |
| Further Information: |
Several hundred pits can be detected in an area known as 'Cole's Pits' south of Faringdon. These pits cover an area of about 1,700 by 600 feet (roughly 14 acres) and it is believed that they were originally as much as 30 feet deep. O.G.S. Crawford investigated these pits in the 1930's and established their function to be Medieval millstone quarries being worked at least as early as the 16th century (Crawford 1953: 102). |
| Associated Name(s): |
Cole's Pits, Faringdon, Oxfordshire.
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| Period(s) Quarried: |
Post Medieval.
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