Monument record MDR13795 - White Edge Moor Quarry, Nether Padley
Type and Period (1)
- SANDSTONE QUARRY (Georgian to Victorian - 1800 AD to 1880 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
White Edge Moor Quarry was included in a report into the potential to re-establish the roofing slate industry of the South Pennine region. The workings are a series of shallow excavations with fissile rock very close to the surface. Whole area worked is about 1 hectare. Possibly further workings on the west of the road on the steep slope. Extensive workings and tips up to 7-9m deep. Generally good flaggy material on tips. It is possible that most of the outcrop is worked out but might possibly be extendible eastwards. Recent reworking of tips on a hand scale. Farey refers to "Nether Padley NE, (S of the Robin Hood)" - presumably Robin Hood's Well. Rough Rock. (1)
The 1st edition 25" Ordnance Survey map of c. 1880 shows a Quarry on the edge of White Edge Moor. (2)
Modern maps show the quarry as disused. (3)
Small quarries for wall stone. Incsrciption identified that reads 'DT 1876.' (4)
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SDR21454 Bibliographic reference: Hughes, T (PDNPA). 1996. The Grey Slates of the South Pennines, Volume Two: The Quarries and the Slates. p 87, Quarry Number Q66.
- <2> SDR18789 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
- <3> SDR20816 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). Current Mastermap and 1:10000 series.
- <4> SDR18788 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 1997. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. A Gazetteer of Sites. Part IV. Derbyshire Dales.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 2615 7856 (238m by 253m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GRINDLEFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Nov 28 2014 9:24AM