Winspit Quarry - Dorset, UK
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Dragontree
N 50° 35.044 W 002° 02.047
30U E 568379 N 5604018
The old Winspit Quarry has some large man-made caves where the stone was quarried from the rock. It became a naval/air defence base during the war and today is used for film locations with its dramatic landscape.
Waymark Code: WM9ZE0
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/22/2010
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Before the Second World War Winspit Quarry was a productive, working site then it was converted to a naval/air defence base. Today the quarry is privately owned but the public can explore at their own risk where climbers can often be seen.
Wikipedia describes Winspit:
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'Winspit is an old quarry on the cliffs near Worth Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England that is no longer in use. More recently it has been used as a set for Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
Winspit until roughly 1940 was used as a stone quarry, producing stone for major buildings in London. However, during World War II it was used as a site for naval and air defences. After the war the caves were opened to the public. They were used as a location for the planet Mecron II in an episode of Blake's 7, and in Doctor Who they were used in the story "The Underwater Menace" and then as the planet Skaro in the serial "Destiny of the Daleks". The quarry is now a lesser-known tourist attraction. Although recently many of Winspit's caves have been closed off for purposes of public safety and bat conservation, people still enjoy having picnics there and swimming at the adjacent beach in summer months.
To the west and east are the hills of West Man (50°35'02?N 2°02'27?W? / ?50.5838°N 2.0408°W? / 50.5838; -2.0408) and East Man (50°35'18?N 2°01'59?W? / ?50.5884°N 2.0330°W? / 50.5884; -2.0330).
The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks, in the east. The coastal exposures along the coastline provide a continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earths history. The localities along the Jurassic Coast includes a large range of important fossil zones.'