Images and Text from and Evaluation at Langcliffe Quarry Sidings, Settle, North Yorkshire, 2019 to 2020

This collection consists of images and text from an evaluation, by Oxford Archaeology North, at Langcliffe Quarry Sidings, Settle, North Yorkshire, from 2019 10 2020.The seven trenches excavated have revealed evidence for sub-surface footings associated with demolished remains of the former barn/stables to the south-west of the Hoffmann kiln, and fire brick flooring beneath the later concrete floor of the red brick building to the south of the Craven Cottage workshops. This indicated that the concrete floor of this building had been constructed over a brick surface upon which a rail track had been laid, which broadly concurs with its interpreted use as a wagon workshop. Both buildings were constructed on top of significant deposits of limestone quarry waste. There was also partial subsurface evidence, in the form of footings and a possible firebrick flue, in the location of the red brick chimney illustrated on the 1909 OS map and historic photographs of the site. Also identified was a culvert in the north-eastern part of the site, which may have run alongside the railway lines running downslope from the Hoffmann kiln and associated water courses.