Chesterhope Common quarries (Corsenside)
Identified as the best preserved of the iron ore quarries around Ridsdale created during the 19th century, initially to supply the Ridsdale ironworks (NY 98 SW 13), then Armstrong's furnaces on Tyneside.
There is a high stratigraphic potential: the fingertips of spoil show a complex sequence of workings from different levels along the hillside which suggests a long chronology. Being the closest quarry to the ironworks site, it may also be the earliest. (1)
General association with HER 9505 (Ridsdale Ironworks) (2)
There is a high stratigraphic potential: the fingertips of spoil show a complex sequence of workings from different levels along the hillside which suggests a long chronology. Being the closest quarry to the ironworks site, it may also be the earliest. (1)
General association with HER 9505 (Ridsdale Ironworks) (2)
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