A DORSET quarry extension has been opened – helping to secure over a hundred jobs. Swanworth Quarry in Purbeck ran out of stone at the end of 2024 – having operated on limited reserves for two years.

Detail of fossils embedded in Purbeck Marble Marc Benda was quick to point out that “there’s just one family quarrying this stone, and only two or three stone masons we could trust to work ...

During the examination, researchers located two Purbeck stone grave slabs in the drowned ship. The slabs were placed around 23 feet below the surface. There was a lot of difference in weight and ...