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Quarry Plantation, Windrush.
NGR: | SP 18833 12851 |
WGS84: | 51.81398, -1.72821 |
Length: | 2000 m |
Depth: | 0 m |
Altitude: | 171 m |
Tags: | Mine |
Registry: | wbc |
Windrush Quarry consists of several passageways that are usually about 2 by 1.5 metres in size. The stone was moved by carts underground presumably for both local use and for nearby towns and cities such as Oxford. The carts have left a series of well preserved ruts along the passages. Graffiti from the quarrymen dates from at least 1853 with the majority being between 1860 and 1909.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: Several smaller old quarries are dotted around Windrush Quarry on the 1891 O.S. Map and these are thought to have provided employment from the 15th century at least as Windrush provided stone for St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in 1478. The mines closed about 1900, although surface quarrying continued until about 1911. Windrush Quarry was reopened by GSS in 1981, it is now gated with access available to bona fide cavers. GSS began a systematic photographic survey of the graffiti and other interesting features.
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This entry was last updated: 2014-11-18 17:58:43
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