King Barrow Quarries Reserve

The site is based on former quarries that were abandoned 100 years ago. In the nineteenth century there was extensive quarrying in the area. When the area was first quarried, huge numbers of Roman artifacts were discovered. Since being abandoned the area had been left to regenerate naturally, with the aid of scrub management. Since around 2004 the quarry became a nature reserve after the site owners handed the quarry over to the Dorset Wildlife Trust. The quarry then became known as King Barrow Quarries Nature Reserve. Within the quarry are relics of past industrial activities, including blocks of cut stone and a quarryman's shelter. Pieces of tramway track and a tunnel remain from the…