Now site of Sainsbury’s.
Three lakes left from quarrying now owned by Matlcock Angling Club.
Rock from the quarry was used for the construction of both Hyde Park Corner and the Thames Embankment in London.
SSSI Citation:
The limestones and shales seen at Cawdor Quarry were laid down in a warm
shallow sea some 325 million years ago, during the Dinantian Stage of the
Carboniferous Period. These rocks, which are the youngest part of a group of
rocks called the Carboniferous Limestone, are of great interest to geologists because
of the variety of shelly fossils and microfossils which they contain. These fossils
include molluscs, brachiopods and echinoderms. This site provides the best
exposure of this part of the Carboniferous Limestone sequence anywhere in
Derbyshire.
External Links
Publications (5)
- Ford, Trevor D. (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-6 Win - Geology of the Matlock Mines - A Review, The; 32 pages (1-32)
- Ford, Trevor D. (2004); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-6 Win - Geology of the Lead Mines around the Stanton Syncline; 26 pages (1-26)
- Ford, Trevor D. and Sarjeant, William A.S. and Smith, Michael E. (1993); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-1 - Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire, The; 40 pages (16-55)
- Gregory, Neville (1999); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-2 Win - Jack Beck and Masson Hill - Tribute to a Man and a Mountain; 5 pages (59-63)
- Warriner, D.J. and Russ, K.D. and Eyre, J.D. and Ford, T.D. and Rieuwerts, J.H. (2000); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-3 Sum - Old Mill Close Mine, Wensley; 79 pages (1-79)
