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| Name: | Old Quarry, Walesby |
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| HER Number: | MLI51856 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Old quarry, Walesby.
| Grid Reference: | TF 148 933 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF19SW |
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| Parish: | WALESBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
'Old quarry' is depicted here on the 1956 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. {1}
The site is first depicted on the 1st edition OS County Series map, where it is listed as a 'Quarry', possibly indicating that the site was still in use, or only recently abandoned at the time of the survey. {2}
The quarry is believed to have been re-opened during the Second World War, when chalk was extracted to build a new runway at Binbrook airfield. The quarry was backfilled shortly afterwards, and the site has since been used to house aviation communications equipment, installed c.1980. {3}
<1> OS, 1956, OS 6 INCH SERIES, - (Map). SLI3659.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1883-1888, 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition (Map). SLI9454.
<3> Starling, Peter, 2014, E-mail from Peter Starling, E-mail sent 03/05/2014 (Electronic Communication). SLI14595.
Monument Types
- QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. -. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883-1888. 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:10560. |
| <3> | Electronic Communication: Starling, Peter. 2014. E-mail from Peter Starling. E-mail sent 03/05/2014. |
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