Description and History of Site:-
This set of quarry holes - none very deep and all narrow running 250m along the same contour - worked beds within Keighley Bluestone, a fine-grained sandstone that appears bluish-grey when freshly exposed. The beds are very hard and resistant to wear so they were extensively exploited for roadstone during the expansion of the turnpike road network. It was also quarried for the same purposes elsewhere in the Upper Worth Valley and Ponden Clough, as well as at Howley Park Quarry (see WYK 00701). No firm details have been sourced.
Further Reading and References:-D. Johnson, Quarrying in the Yorkshire Pennines, Amberley, 2016, p. 46.
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Key Words :- shallow open workings keighley bluestone
Viewing the Site :- Open Access under the CRoW Act 2000
Address :- Keighley, West Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SE 00588 38177
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.839843 , Long -1.992547
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 11 February 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson
Grid Ref :- SE 00588 38177
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.839843 , Long -1.992547
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 11 February 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson