Dulcote Quarry

[3] The Foster Yeoman Company was founded at Dulcote, in 1923,[3] and later became part of Aggregate Industries.

The site achieved an output of approximately 0.25M tonnes per year of Carboniferous Limestone, for general purpose construction aggregates.

[5] A Geodiversity audit of the site was carried out in 2004, which highlighted the limestone strata and fossils identified.

[6] These include Carboniferous Limestone overlain by Triassic Mercia Mudstones and Sandstones with geodes, which were formed by siliceous mineral replacement.

When the parent company went into receivership the part owning Dulcote survived and put the worked-out quarry site up for commercial redevelopment with outline planning permission for a price of £1.5 million.