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Brown End Quarry Nature Reserve
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May 19, 2020
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The information boards are fun to read with 'dinosaur tracks' for the little ones to find and a pile of rocks to look for fossils in. 😊
June 23, 2023
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Brown End Quarry became the County’s first geological nature reserve when it was acquired by the Trust in 1987. Brown End was quarried for limestone from the mid 18th Century until 1950, when its inclusion within the Peak National Park restricted further development. Quarrying finally ceased in the mid 1960's. For much of this period the stone was dug by hand and typical production in the late 1940's was about 5,000 tonnes a year – not much by today’s modern quarrying methods!
staffs-wildlife.org.uk/nature-reserves/brown-end-quarry
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Elevation 220 m
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