Dates of operation and peak numbers employed in selected Edinburgh sandstone quarries
From: McMillan, A.A., Gillanders, R.J. and Fairhurst, J.A. 1999 Building stones of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Geological Society.
| Quarry | Date of earliest reference | Peak numbers employed when published | Remarks – date of last reference (Quarry List/Directory) |
| Craigmillar, Edinburgh(at least 4 quarries) | 1374 (Craigmillar Castle) 1531(Edinburgh Castle) | 21 (1937) | Intermittent after 1906; some quarries malted; Hawkhill Wood worked1922-40 |
| Craigton, Philpstoun, West Lothian | 1890 | One of the quarries worked until 1933 | |
| Cullalo, Fife (several quarries) | 1822 | 50(1898) | Intermittent; last 1948 |
| Dalmeny, Queensferry | 1874 | Said to be "practically worked out" 1892 | |
| Darney, West Woodburn, Northumberland | 1910 | 85 (1937) | 1948 |
| Denwick, Alnwick, Northumberland | 1895 | 80(1902) | 1937 |
| Doddington, Wooler, Northumberland | 1887 | 30(1911-12) | Still listed 1973 |
| Dullatur, Kilsyth | 1860s | 71 (1903) | As stone quarry stopped1920s sand quarry into 1930s |
| Dunhouse, Staindrop, County Durham | Early 1900s | Active | |
| Dunmore, Stirling | Pre-1855 | 55 (1895) | Closed after 1906; new Dunmore Quarry opened 1985. |
| Fordell, Fife | 1878 | 15 (1907) | Only listed one year in Quarry Returns |
| Gatelawbridge, Dumfries & Galloway | c. 17th century | 108 (1905) | After 1912 intermittent until1925; Newton Quarry re-opened 1986 |
| Grange, Burntisland, Fife | 1837 | 110 (1902) | 1914 |
| Granton, Edinburgh(several quarries, e.g. 2 in 1858) | 1531; 1831 (Granton Point) | 19 (1902): Pennywell; 23 (1922): Royston | "Granton Point" flooded1855; Pennywell Parks 1903; Royston 1925 |
| Gunnerton, Northumberland | 1885 | 70 (1897) | 1914; intermittent after 1909 |
| Hailes, Edinburgh | Early 1600s | 225 (1899) | Building stone to 1920; mudstone to 1943-44 |
| Hermand, West Calder, West Lothian | 1883 | 14 (1896) | 1896 |
| Heworthburn, Felling, Tyne and Wear | 1831 | 55 (1913) | Active |
| Hopetoun White, Hopetoun Wood, West Lothian (3 quarries operated simultaneously) | 1697 | 27 (1902) | 3 quarries at times; little work after 1908 |
| Humble, Winchburgh, West Lothian | 1791 | 80 (1835) | 2 quarries 1858; not working 1869 (flooded) |
| Lazonby, Penrith(several quarries) | Pre-1900 | Active | |
| Locharbriggs, Dumfries& Galloway | c. 1700 | 267 (1899) | Active |
| Longannet, Stirlingshire | 1791 | 155 (1910 | 1910 |
| Maidencraig, Edinburgh(Blackhall) | 1628 | In use late 18th century; flooded by 1855 | |
| Moat, Longtown | 1856 | 61 (1898) | 1918 |
| Newbigging, | 1856 | 30 (1896) | Intermittent after 1914; |
| Burntisland, Fife | closed 1937; re-opened 1980 | ||
| Pasturehill, | 1909 | 40 (1911) | 1914 |
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| Plean, Stirlingshire (several quarries) | 1885 (said to have opened about 1860) | 31 (1902) | 1912 |
| Polmaise, Stirling | 1877 (said to have opened about 1860) | 38 (1897) | after 1910; closed after 1931 |
| Prudham, Fourstones, Northumberland | 1850 | 106 (1896, 1904, 1907) | 1914 |
| Purdovan, Northumberland | 1891 | not listed 1895 | |
| Ravelston, Edinburgh(several quarries) | 1511 | 28 (1920) | Ravelston No. 2 last listed 1939 |
| Redhall, Edinburgh (2 quarries latterly) | 1657 | 15 (1834) | Intermittent to last building, 1876; used in Meadows Pillars 1886; not listed 1895 |
| Sands, Kincardine, Stirling | 1835 | 5 (1899) | 1899 |
| Springwell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear | 1872 | 53 (1931) | Active |
| Stainton, Durham(several quarries) | 1858 | 8 (1937) | Active |
| Stancliffe, Darley Dale, Matlock | Worked for at least 100 years | Active
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| Stanton Moor (Palmers Quarry), Stanton-in- Peak | 1945 | Re-opened 1983; active | |
| Stoke Hall, Grindleford, Derbyshire | 1835 | Active | |
| Swinton, Greenlaw, Berwickshire | 1791 | 11 (1901) | 1920 |
| Wellfield, West Yorkshire | 1901 | 52 (1925) | Active |
| Woodburn, Northumberland | 1886 (said to have been introduced about 1882) | 66 (1900) | 1908; then said to have been intermittent until 1922 |
| Woodkirk, Morley Yorkshire | Worked since the 1930s | Active | |
| Little-known early Edinburgh quarries | |||
| Quarry | Date of earliest reference | Date of last reference | Remarks |
| Barnbougle | 1535 | ||
| Bearford's Quarries (Nor Loch) | 1701 | 1770 | |
| Broughton | 1622 | ||
| Cramond | 1535 | 1536 | |
| Leith Hill | 1529 | 1529 | |
| Niddrie | 1529 | 1536 | Standing 1839; open 1858; not listed 1895 |
| Quarry Close | 1734 | Reference to 7 years' lease | |
| Quarry Holes | Very early | 1677 disused | |
| St Cuthbert's | 1615 | 1786 | |
| Salisbury (Camstone & Dolerite) | 1529 | 1821 | |
| "Society" (possibly one of the Greyfriars Port quarries) | 1533 | 1654 | 20 men and labourers in 1632 |
| Stenhouse (Liberton) | 1531 | 1532 | |
| Wardie | 1657 | 1657 |