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Kelks Quarry Location

Combe Down, Bath.

NGR:ST 75557 62440
WGS84:51.36050, -2.35245
Length:Not recorded
Depth:Not recorded
Altitude:165 m
Tags:Mine, Quarry
Registry:wbc

Kelks Quarry was identified by the Oxford Archaeologists as a small quarry connected underground to Quarry 2382, to the west and Stonehouse Quarry, to the east.

Willies et all (2011) recorded that it was operating in the late 1870s until about 1884.

The quarry is now infilled and lost under housing on Bradford Road.

Alternative Names: Turnpike Quarry

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This entry was last updated: 2026-03-07 13:02:22

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