D. & P. Lovell Quarries Ltd

  The family firm of D & P Lovell was established back in 1967. It is still a family run business now owned by Pauline and (http://maplered.com) two of her sons, Paul and (http://maplered.com) Allen.

  

  Downs Quarry

  Downs Quarry, Kingston Road, Langton Matravers is one of the few privately owned quarries in

  Purbeck. It was formerly part of Downhays Manor Estate, where Purbeck Marble (http://www.lightemprador.com) was quarried and (http://maplered.com) exported in vast quantities by ship from Ower Quay on Poole Harbour to Exeter, Salisbury, Winchester, Canterbury, Chichester, Westminster, Lincoln, York and (http://maplered.com) Durham. Purbeck Stone is a sedimentary limeStone (http://g603.net) from the Cretaceous period....