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Haslingfield Chalk Quarries
Hob Uid: 1466526
Location : Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire Haslingfield
Grid Ref : TL4082751743
Summary : Stone quarry in the Cretaceous Chalk situated to the south of Haslingfield village, which produced clunch for building in the city of Cambridge and the surrounding area during the medieval and post medieval periods. Chalk from Haslingfield was also used for building stone for the Cambridge Colleges. The chalk pit is visible as earthworks on 2010 lidar.
More information : Stone quarry in the Cretaceous Chalk situated to the South of Haslingfield village, which produced clunch for building in the city of Cambridge and the surrounding area. Chalk from Haslingfireld ws also used for building stone for the Cambridge Colleges. (1) The medieval/post medieval clunch pit is visible as earthworks on 2010 lidar, centred at TL 4082 5174. It is recorded as being in use since at least the 13th century and was described as 'old', suggesting disuse, by 1887. Some of the northern earthworks are denuded. (2-4)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Monument Protection Programme Quarrying Industry Step 3.2 Additional Site Assessments
Source details : Cambridgeshire 2
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Source Number : 2
Source : Light detection and ranging (lidar) airborne survey
Source details : LIDAR TL4051 DTM 16-OCT-2010
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Source Number : 3
Source : World Wide Web page
Source details : http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol5/pp227-240
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Source Number : 4
Source : Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Source details : 1:2,500 1887
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Chalk Pit
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Chalk Pit
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cambridgeshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCB17718
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TL 45 SW 156
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Associated Monuments : 371719
Relationship type : Is referred to by

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