MMO1939 - Post-medieval quarry or extractive pit west of Scoresdown Farm (Monument)

A small quarry or extractive pit in Brendon parish is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards. The quarry abuts the northern side of a trackway from Shortacombe Wood to Scoresdown Farm and is approximately 20 metres in diameter. The opening of the quarry must predate the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1889, on which it is marked, but it is probably post-medieval date and not older. [1-3] The quarry is also shown on the 2nd Edition map and the 6 inch 1962 map. [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]