Modern wind-powered water pump.


Quarrying at Billown appears to have begun in 1834 at the northern end of the site. At the time of the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868, two disused quarry pits and six abandoned lime kilns are shown at the north end of the site.


A further two quarry pits, marked 'Quarries', associated with a further set of three 'Limekilns' are shown just to the south. A steam engine was used to pump the quarry sufficiently clear of water to allow working to continue, but this was replaced in 1892 by a wind-powered pump.


The wind-powered pump was used in a number of locations, and was latterly used to pump water from the most southerly, and most recent, of the quarries (PRN 2138.14), and was reportedly sited near to the SW corner of the quarry.