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Monument Number 1538727
Hob Uid: 1538727
Location : North Yorkshire Ryedale Byland with Wass
Grid Ref : SE5610079800
Summary : Limestone quarry identified as the source of the stone used to build nearby Byland Abbey (1147-1538).
More information : The fine facing-stone used in the abbey church at Byland is the very durable Hambleton Oolite Limestone, obtained from still visible medieval quarries 1.5km to the north-east on Wass Bank at SE 561 798. Waste from the quarries was also used for the rubble fill of the walls along with the very tough and difficult to work Lower Calcareous Grit found beneath the Oolite. (1)

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Source details : Senior, J 1989, 'The Selection of Dimensional and Ornamental Stone Types Used in Some Northern Monasteries - the Exploitation and Distribution of a Natural Resource', R Gilchrist and H Mytum (eds), The Archaeology of Rural Monasteries, 233
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 57 NE 138
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2010-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1538727