Publication Account

Date 1999

Event ID 1019376

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019376

In several places, both in the heart of the village and beside it, are reminders of another important facet of village life-the quarries. Quarrying commenced in the late eighteenth century; it became and remained the most important source of local employment until well into the 1930s. One of the quarry holes now serves as the site of Deep Sea World. Nearby, Fortthside Terrace housed the quarry workmen.

Information from ‘Historic North Queensferry and the Peninsula: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1999).