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Wansdyke Quarry

Odd Down, Bath.

Wansdyke or Horsecombe Quarry was the largest quarry on Odd Down situated between Wells Road and the Wansdyke. It was quite extensive,concentrating on walling stone and closed some time around the late l930s. It supplied stone for the roads for the three Admiralty camps around Bath. It has

now been tipped over and covered by playing fields and housing estates. It was worked by Mr. Jones at the turn of the century but was bought by Gazes (the National Landscaping & Tennis Court Company) and in the 1930s as many as 15 men worked there It is now probably a lost site.

Alternative Names: Horsecombe Quarry