
Ballyhest Limestone Quarry
Ballyhest Limestone Quarry at Ballyhest, Castlecor, Mallow has been operational since 2004. The limestone is drilled and blasted to reduce it to a size that can be accepted by the crushing and screening machinery. Stone is produced into various grades and sizes depending on its end use.
Limestone aggregate from Ballyhest Quarry is used in readymix concrete and concrete block production at our main manufacturing plant at Ballymaquirk, Kanturk. Various other types of stone grades are specified by customers according to their needs. These products vary from road making materials such as 0-100mm stone and rock armour.
The following are some of the types and grades of products extracted at Ballyhest Quarry:
- Rock Armour
- 100-200mm Clean Stone
- 50-100mm Clean Stone
- 0-50mm
- 0-100mm
- 20mm Aggregate
- 14mm Aggregate
- 0-8mm Dust