New Pilhough Quarry extension blocked in Peak District
A quarrying company has been refused permission to extend one of its sites in the Peak District in Derbyshire.
New Pilhough Quarry, near Stanton-in-Peak, which covers 14.5 acres (six hectares), would have been increased by more than two acres (one hectare)... continues...
A mile-long human chain will be formed to protest at new plans for a Stanton Moor quarry.
Residents of Stanton-in-Peak were devastated to learn Matlock quarrying firm Stancliffe Stone plans to extend a pre-existing quarry at nearby Dale View... continues...
The moor is around 60 hectares and contains 70 or so cairns mainly from the early bronze age. The most notable are all visble from the paths on the moor.
The Heathcotes (father & son) excavated most of the cairns and circles on the moor. They also tidied (?) some of the ones they dug, not necessarily to their original form.