stone pit
noun
a less common name for quarry 1
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Examples from the Web for stone pit
Historical Examples of stone pit
In the night they took Harrison's money and 'tumbled me down a stone-pit.'
Historical MysteriesAndrew Lang
It was found in the process of enlarging a stone-pit in the parish of Castle Bytham.
Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old PlacesFrederick William Fairholt