Swanage from the Quarries 1930s Ref: VS1901

Swanage from the Quarries 1930s

Swanage from the Quarries looking North over Mount Scar School in the 1930s

This photo shows the stone quarries digging Purbeck Stone from the southern side of Swanage in the area which is now the Townsend Nature reserve.

There are still many quarry pits in the Townsend Nature reserve and one with a tunnel going underground towards the High Street.

Swanage from the Quarries 1930s Swanage from air 1920s