Key Words :- disused limestone quarry

Viewing the Site :- On Haw Crag, east of Bell Busk in Upper Airedale. Accessible from adjacent public footpath

Address :- n/a, Bell Busk, Gargrave, North Yorkshire, BD24
Grid Ref :- SD 9135 5637
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.003282 , Long -2.133458
Local Authority :- Craven District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown

Description and History of Site:-
It is a very large quarry, cut into the hillside, 150m x100m by c. 20m high at the rear. No infrastructure remains but the raised bed of a causeway enters the quarry from the south. There is the earthwork hollow of an 18th-century lime kiln within the quarry.
Very little is known of this site other than its having been worked on a commercial basis by Henry Robinson at least from 1875 after he had given up the lease on Storrs Quarry at Ingleton (qv).

Further Reading and References:-
Johnson, D. 2010. Limestone industries of the Yorkshire Dales. Stroud: Amberley, p. 81.

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Contributor :- David Johnson - 10 January 2018
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