Stone in Archaeology Database

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The Mixon limestone was taken from the Mixon reef (a mile offshore), south of Selsey Bill in West Sussex. Quarrying certainly took place during the Roman period and also the Medieval period (based on usages), though the latest use of the stone before the reef was inundated by the sea was perhaps the 13th century. After this time, quarrying activity to remove the stone by rowing boat did occur but an act of Parliament stopped this activity in about 1825.