Description and History of Site:-
The workings here are seen as a set of discrete workings, possibly worked by different partnerships or businesses, forming a series of bays that extend for over 500m, cut into the upper valley sides. They are linked by a level terrace overlooking the valley and there are traces of a trackway leading along and eastwards from one end to the other. Each bay has a now-overgrown vertical working face with some tooling marks visible in places. In common with many other disused quarries in the general area, these exploited Rough Rock flagstones for building and dimension stone and paving. All work was done by hand. No infrastructure remains. Nothing has been found but these workings, along with similar ones further west along the valley side on Rye Croft Edge, are clearly much older than the many open pit quarries that littered the whole Crosland Hill area.

Further Reading and References:-
Johnson, D. Quarrying in the Yorkshire Pennines. Amberley, 2016, p. 55.

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Key Words :- opencast workings sandstone disused

Viewing the Site :- Open access under the CRoW Act 2000.

Address :- Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 5QD
Grid Ref :- SE 119 155
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.635888 , Long -1.821504
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 21 February 2017

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