Castle Bytham Quarry a limestone quarry was opened in 850s a Bronze Age (a prehistoric period) arrowhead and a Saxon burial were found
Although Ironstone quarrying was common to the west and north, this quarry was worked for Limestone. When the quarry was opened in the 1850s a Bronze Age arrowhead and a Saxon burial were found in the overburden. The Bronze Age is a prehistoric period that was characterized by the use of bronze, in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization. 
