Box Ground quarries
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Box Ground quarries are historic underground stone quarries in Box, Wiltshire, England, renowned as a major source of high-quality Bath stone used in many prominent buildings.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic industrial site
ⓘ
underground stone quarry complex ⓘ |
| composition | fine-grained oolitic limestone suitable for carving ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | Great Oolite Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | underground access via adits and shafts ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLocality | English ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic quarry site ⓘ |
| historicalUse | source of building stone for 18th- and 19th-century construction ⓘ |
| industry | stone quarrying ⓘ |
| knownFor | high-quality Bath stone production ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Box parish
NERFINISHED
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Box, Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
Wiltshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Box Tunnel
NERFINISHED
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village of Box ⓘ |
| materialExtracted | Bath stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miningMethod | underground quarrying ⓘ |
| partOf | Bath stone quarrying district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Cotswold stone region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | major source of Bath stone for architectural use ⓘ |
| stoneType | oolitic limestone ⓘ |
| transportHistory | stone transported to Bath and other cities for construction ⓘ |
| usedFor | building stone ⓘ |
| usedInConstructionOf |
historic public buildings in the United Kingdom
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prominent buildings in Bath ⓘ prominent buildings in London ⓘ |
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