Description and History of Site:-
Site abandoned and left to nature
During the Great War a silica quarry was opened on the moor to the south-southwest of the Ravenscar. It supplied ganister to Pickford Holland in Sheffield for the making of refractories there. Initially the ganister was tipped at the side of the Whitby-Scarborough road from where a steam traction engine and trucks transported it to Cloughton Station to be loaded onto trains. Later, to transport the ganister a 1½ mile long narrow gauge tramway with incline connected the quarry with Whitakers' brickworks siding. The narrow gauge tramroad to the silica quarry closed in the 1930s. The silica quarry continued until 1965, with the ganister being taken by road to Hawsker Station.

Further Reading and References:-
"Queen of the Dales" by George Harland (1970, Horne & Son, Whitby).

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Key Words :- silica stone quarry

Viewing the Site :- public footpaths across moor cross site

Address :- Stony Marl Moor, off A172, Ravenscar, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0ES
Grid Ref :- NZ 9510 0030
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.389311 , Long -0.536989
Local Authority :- Scarborough Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- c1916 - c1965
Contributor :- Chris Bateman - 13 August 2018

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