Hartshill Diorite Pits by munki-boy
Hartshill Diorite Pits
Early 20th Century test pits to extract diorite rock for road aggregates.
Said to date to some time prior to 1923 these small pits with spoil heaps were sunk with a prospect of quarrying diorite but the rock here was found to be badly weathered and decomposed.
Diorite is an igneous rock used in aggregates for (among other things) road construction.
Created: 26 June 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Hartshill Diorite Pits
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Local History around Hartshill Diorite Pits
There are some historic monuments around including:
Ringwork castle 80m south west of Castle FarmMoat and fishponds at Ratcliffe CuleyRoman campGrendon BridgeHartshill CastleAstley Castle moated site, fishponds, garden remains and Astley CollegeBowl barrow at Fenny DraytonOldbury Camp univallate hillfortBowl barrow 580m east of Moor Wood FarmManduessedum Roman villa and settlement with associated industrial complexRemains of chapel in Lindley ParkMerevale Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, associated water control features and industrial remainsCastle Hills: a motte and bailey castle 700m NE of St Mary and All Saint's ChurchThe Benedictine priory and precinct of St Mary, NuneatonMoated site north-west of Pinwall.
