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===Quarries=== [[Stancombe Quarry]] opened in 1952. Today, the quarry which is operated by [[Tarmac Limited|Tarmac]], produces [[Carboniferous Limestone]], which is mainly for use on the roads,<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6143 Stancombe Quarry production]</ref> after crushing on site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agg-net.com/case-study/hazemag-at-stancombe-quarry |title=Hazemag at Stancombe Quarry |publisher=Aggregates and Recycling Information Network |access-date=29 January 2011 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093542/http://www.agg-net.com/case-study/hazemag-at-stancombe-quarry |archive-date= 7 July 2011 }}</ref> The site has an expected output of 28 million tonnes over a 25-year period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/nr/rdonlyres/68c27eab-cfb0-4a49-9506-77971320552e/0/strategy_contaminatedlandstrategy.pdf |title=Contaminated land inspection strategy November 2001 (revised 2003) |publisher=North Somerset Council |access-date=29 January 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308110947/http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/nr/rdonlyres/68c27eab-cfb0-4a49-9506-77971320552e/0/strategy_contaminatedlandstrategy.pdf |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref> The now defunct Coles Quarry, in the south of the village, also produced limestone until it was closed by [[North Somerset Council]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/coles-quarry-backwell-april-2015.t96405|title=Report - - Coles Quarry, Backwell - April 2015|newspaper=28DaysLater.co.uk|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102083504/http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/coles-quarry-backwell-april-2015.t96405|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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