Monument record 150 - Mow Cop Quarry

<1> National Trust, 1979, Display Board on the Site (Graphic Material). SCH1055.

Extensive remains of quarrying from the hard grit stone can be seen on Mow Cop. This included the production of millstones. These were cut whole from the rock face and the curving tooling marks and one broken example can still be seen. Similar markings can be found at The Cloud, Congleton, CHER 153/1/1. (see also source 2)

<2> Various, Written Communication to the HER, 30/07/1986 (Written Communication). SCH3756.

Correspondence from the Editor of the Congleton Chronicle concerning the quarrying of millstones at Mow Cop Quarry.

<3> King, D, Streater, J, Crew, R, Chaloner, J, Lee, S, Webb, W, Smith, W, 1656, The Vale-Royall of England, or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated (Book). SCH3248.

William Smith mentions that millstones were quarried here in 1585.