Gripwood Quarry is a 2.9 hectare

Hectare

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 geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, notified in 1951.
The quarry is of Oolitic limestone and one single quarry with a wall in the middle creating an upper and a lower quarry, last used for mushroom growing. The walls are whitewashed and features a large wooden crane.

Alias

Jones Hill Quarry *Name used by Wiltshire Council.

Bradford-on-Avon 9 *A name given by Mendip Cave Rescue.

Ruins *Older lower section was know by the name Ruins by the mushroom workers.

ST86SW468 *SMR Number - Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Search.

Woodside Quarry - *Generally referred to as Woodside Quarry but Historical Research shows as Gripwood is the underground and Woodside as the opencast.

Source

• English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 22 July 2006)

External links

• English Nature website (SSSI information)
• MCRA Resource
• http://www.darkplaces.co.uk/wiki/GripwoodQuarry