A large amount of the northern and northwestern slopes of the hill have disappeared and it has been called the best-known eyesore in the Peak District.

[4] In 1995 an application by RMC Aggregates to extend the quarrying further east was denied as parliament tightened up on environmental problems caused by old mineral permissions granted between 1948 and 1981.

In September 2020 the quarry was used as a film location for a TV series called Ray James, inspired by H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.

At 55 metres it is the deepest pothole in the area and was named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Peak by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes in 1636.

The approach from Castleton goes up Cave Dale with a return down Winnats Pass to give a very interesting walk.