It was served by the Wye Valley Railway from 1876 until it closed in 1981.
[1] The quarry was on the opposite side of the River Wye from the village of Tintern.
It is now used, unofficially, as a rock-climbing venue with many climbs on the more solid rock on its many terraces.
[2] A Climbers Club Guide, Lower Wye Valley, describes the climbing at the quarry.
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