Torr Works Quarry is the correct name of the quarry known by collectors (and seen on maps) as 'Merehead Quarry'. Merehead is actually the name of the railway head at the quarry.
A limestone quarry run by Foster Yeoman. Annual output 6 million tonnes (taken from their website).
Refs.: (in part):
- Mineral. Mag.:58:59-68 (1994).
- Turner, R. (2006): A mechanism for the formation of the mineralized Mn deposits at Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England. Mineralogical Magazine 70, 629-653.
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UK OS Grid Reference: ST695442
Map Reference: 51°11'44"N , 2°26'11"W
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