Limestone peninsula historic information

Much of the area is essentially a medieval landscape, with large areas of open fields surviving in the southern part. Otherwise dominated by quarrying, though large areas given over to structures associated with former military use. As might be expected, stone buildings and walls.

Known archaeology

Intense activity here in the prehistoric and Romano-British periods. Much disturbed by quarrying in the nineteenth century, and consequently poorly recorded. We might expect good survival of complex and important archaeology in undisturbed areas. Relatively recent military and industrial archaeology also of interest.