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Broadcroft Quarry is an
active stone quarry and part
butterfly nature reserve located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is
located towards the...
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which has been
quarried using the same
methods over the last 60 years.
Broadcroft Quarry is
located on the
eastern side of the
island and is a part of the...
- (Coxdale Park) in the 1878/79 season,
followed by a
spell at a
ground in the
Broadcroft area of the town (where the Lion
Foundry would be built)
until 1889. The...
- Portland. The
quarry is
owned by
Portland Stone Firms Ltd,
along with
Broadcroft and
Coombefield Quarries. The firm is the
largest landholder on the island...
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filled in. The
quarry is
owned by
Portland Stone Firms Ltd,
along with
Broadcroft and
Perryfield Quarry. The firm is the
largest landholder on the island...
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Alners Gorse,
Dorset Bentley Station Meadow,
Hampshire Broadcroft Quarry, Portland,
Dorset Catfield Fen,
Norfolk Ewyas Harold Meadows,
Herefordshire Grafton...
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Portland Quarries Nature Park.
Portland also has two
butterfly reserves:
Broadcroft Quarry and
Perryfield Quarry. The site is
based on
former quarries that...
- (91 m) wide. It is now
abandoned for
extracting stone,
though the
adjacent Broadcroft Quarry to the west,
which links to Yeolands, is
still in some use, as...
- on
carving the headstones. A
supply of the
traditional Portland Stone (
Broadcroft Whitbed) was reserved, and
blank headstones shaped and
shipped to France...
- to the
public - a
garden belonging to the
Young Offenders Institution.
Broadcroft Quarry lies
close to the
village and
features a
working quarry and also...
