Here, Robin Longbottom explains how seemingly-insignificant stones found locally were once vital to the area’s economy. OUR heritage is – more often than not – seen in the terms of grand houses such as Cliffe Castle and East Riddlesden Hall, monumental mills such as Dalton Mill and small, picturesque, weavers’ and mill workers’ cottages like the row in Oldfield Lane to the west of Oakworth. In order to preserve these structures they are recorded on the National Heritage List by Historic England, a public body charged with looking after England’s historic environment. However, there are some structures from our past that have gone largely unnoticed and unrecorded.