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Barrow Hill quarry face

Barrow Hill quarry face

Two of the exposed, partially overgrown, rock faces on the former quarry on Barrow Hill, in the LNR of the same name in Pensnett.

The quarry was for a hard rock of volcanic origin, diorite, which is a form of basalt. Dudley Council  market Barrow Hill as the “Dudley volcano” (it erupted300-odd million years ago).

Diorite was also quarried just across the borough border in Sandwell, where the Rowley Hills were the source of Rowley Rag.

Barrow Hill quarry face