Monument record 14345 - Former Quarries on Allgreave Hill

<1> Peak District National Park Archaeology Service, 2003, Blaze Farm Archaeological Field Survey for the Peak District Environmental Quality Mark Scheme, p.3 (Client Report). SCH8567.

Sandstone quarry pit, up to 3m deep, presumably dug for building stone. To the west is a spoil heap up to 2m high. A hollow-way 0.4m deep and up to 2m wide leads from the quarry pit towards the Buxton to Congleton Turnpike (A54). Probably post medieval.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9767, 1873-1889 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Depicts a small quarry with access track. Labelled Old Quarry.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9767, 1897-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

Depicts a second quarry to the south of the old quarry depicted on (2).

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9767, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Both quarry faces are depicted, but neither are labelled.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP_101025_8458, 25/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

The quarries are visible as earthworks on this aerial imagery.