| Location | |
|---|---|
  Golden Hill quarry | |
| Location | Manor Kilbride, Blessington, County Wicklow |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°11′53″N 6°28′44″W / 53.1980°N 6.4788°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Granite |
| History | |
| Opened | 1740 approximately [1] |
| Closed | 1820-50 (exhausted) |
Golden Hill quarry, is a former granite quarry on Golden Hill, adjacent to the village of Manor Kilbride, County Wicklow, Ireland.[2][3] Its exact coordinates are unknown.
Dr. Patrick Wyse Jackson, curator of the Geological Museum at Trinity College Dublin, hypothesised that the Golden Hill granite was so named due to it having been partially weathered in situ, with the result that the "slightly altered feldspars" gave the rock "a brownish hue".[4]
When the quarry was exhausted sometime between 1820 and 1850, the associated workers moved to Ballyknockan a short distance away where a complex of granite quarries were founded.[2][5]
- ^ Wyse Jackson & Caulfield 2023, p. 244.
- ^ a b "Ballyknockan Quarry". heritage.wicklowheritage.org. Wicklow County Council. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Goldenhill / An Ghualainn". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Wyse Jackson 1993, p. 30.
- ^ Medcalf, David (1 August 2015). "At the heart of Granite Village". Wicklow People. Retrieved 20 October 2024.