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Moon's Hill Quarry
Moon's Hill Quarry
is a 3.42
hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
at
Stoke St Michael
in
Somerset
,
notified
in 1996 and is a
Geological Conservation Review
site
.
The
quarry
covers
some, and is
operated by
John Wainwright
&
Co
Ltd which purchased it in
1897
and has operated it
continuously
ever since
. The quarry produces
Basalt
Aggregate
known as
hardstone
and is used for the
surface course
, the
top
layer of
the road
surface
.