quarrying

Discover the industrial past of Burrington Ham from limestone quarrying and lime burning to mining for lead and calamine.

A gallery of photographs spanning 150 years of quarrying in the Mendip Hills.

Quarry Faces community heritage project has told the story of quarrying in the Mendips, and created an archive of oral history recordings and over 1,000 historic images.

Individual histories of the main Mendip Quarries.

An overview of the geology and rock types of the Mendip Hills

Information on geology related events and projects in the Mendip Hills.

Find out about the ways in which we use quarried stone and discover how stone in some form enters our lives probably a hundred times even before we leave the house each day.

Introduction to how the Mendip Hills have long been exploited for stone, and how a wide variety of rock types have been quarried for many purposes.

Discover how the quarrying industry, and associated other transport and related service industries have had an important role in the local economy for many years.