MMO3227 - Post-medieval quarry on North Molton Ridge (Monument)

A small linear depression is visible on aerial photographs and depicted on historic mapping as an old quarry. It most likely dates to the post-medieval period, and may have provided building stone for the construction of the road.

An "old quarry" is labelled and depicted on the 1st and 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey maps and the six inch 1962 map. [1-3] A small linear depression is visible on aerial photographs adjacent to the road south of North Molton Ridge, North Molton. Centred at approximately SS 7794 3227, the quarry is cut into the slope of North Molton Ridge and measures some 55 metres long and up to 15 metres wide. It is depicted on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map and annotated old quarry, suggesting it was abandoned prior to publication in 1891. It most likely dates to the post-medieval period, and may have provided building stone for the construction of the road. [1,4-5] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [6]