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Box Freestone Quarry (Box Freestone) Limestone Mine (United Kingdom)


Box is not one quarry, it is a series of several quarries that eventually all joined up. Some of the area's inside Box are still known by their original names. Cliftworks, Spring, Tunnel, copenacre, Jacks, Cathedral, Sands, Groundstone, Browns and Hudswell. Many of the eastern quarry's were taken over by the MOD and converted into ammunition storage and wartime government seats. Today, only the western parts of Box are officially accessible.

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Photographs Of Box
Photographs Of Box (167 photos)
Last updated July 27th 2020 by Down and beyond
Historic Photographs Of Box
Historic Photographs Of Box (2 photos)
Last updated October 4th 2007 by Clunk

Google Earth Map of Box Freestone Quarry Limestone Mine


Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.4216
Longitude: -2.23725
Landranger grid reference: ST836692
Easting: 383600
Northing: 169200

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Major Mining Region



Box Freestone Quarry Limestone Mine belongs to the the Bath-stone mines etc. region.