| More information : A small quarry or prospecting pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards, on the south facing slopes of Long Combe, approximately 400 metres to the south-west of Larkbarrow Cottage at circa SS 81354269. It is not possible to be sure of the pits function from aerial photographs alone, but it is one of six quarries visible on aerial photographs in this area on the slopes above Long Combe. However, it is one of only three also marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey maps of 1889. This would indicate that the quarry is, at the latest, of late nineteenth century date. One of the larger quarries to the west (at SS 82874110) is reportedly cut by the course of a contour leat of probable mid-nineteenth century date, and therefore can be confidently said to pre-date it. Although not directly impacted by a leat, this quarry is adjacent to one, the course of which it appears to respect, and it is likely that the quarry recorded here is of similar or later date. (1-2) |