Monument record TQ 54 SE 24 - Site of Calverley Quarries, near Grosvenor Bridge, Tunbridge Wells

Site of Calverley Quarries recorded as part of the MPP Stage 3. Considered to be of low importance.(1)

Variegated brown sandstone, part of the Wealden Stone group of Cretaceous sandstones, was formerly quarried at these famous quarries at Tunbridge Wells, the stone being used in the town, as well as at Tonbridge Castle and Brasted Place. The area has since been disused, the quarries being disused by 1898. (2)

<1> Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, 1999, MPP Quarrying Industry Step 3 (Revised) Introduction to site assessments (Unpublished document). SKE8243.

<2> Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, 2000, Monument Protection Programme Quarrying Industry Step 3.2 Additional Site Assessments (Unpublished document). SKE58711.