A quarry is a type of mine, usually open-cast, generally for the extraction of stone such as for building or fossil fuel.

Quarry or Quarries may also refer to:

  • The subject of any pursuit, especially game being hunted

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • Quarry (TV series), based on Max Allan Collins' novels
  • "Quarry" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), episode 13 of season 6
  • "Quarry" (A Touch of Frost), a 1995 television episode
  • The Quarry (1998 film), a Belgian film
  • The Quarry (2020 film), an American film

Literature

  • <!--1st group: "Quarry", with article-->Quarry (novel), a 2011 novel by Ally Kennen
  • <!--2nd group: "Quarry", no article-->Quarry, a series of novels by Max Allan Collins
  • <!--3rd group: "The Quarry", with article--><!--Banks-->The Quarry (Banks novel), a 2013 novel by Iain Banks
  • <!--Dürenmatt-->The Quarry (Dürrenmatt novel) or Suspicion, a 1951 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  • <!--4th group: "The Quarry", no article--><!--Chestnutt-->The Quarry, a novel by Charles W. Chesnutt written in 1928 and published in 1999
  • <!--Galgut-->The Quarry, a 2006 novel by Damon Galgut
  • <!--Walker-->The Quarry, a 1947 novel by Mildred Walker
  • The Quarry, a 2015 essay collection by Susan Howe

Music

  • Quarry, Liverpool, an independent music venue in Liverpool

Other media

  • The Quarry (painting), an 1857 painting by Gustave Courbet
  • The Quarry (video game), a 2022 horror video game

Places

  • Quarries (biblical), limestone quarries beneath ancient Jerusalem
  • Quarries, a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, also known as Carson Meadows
  • Quarries Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia
  • Quarry, Newfoundland and Labrador, an abandoned railway community in Newfoundland, Canada
  • Quarry, County Westmeath, a townland in Mullingar civil parish, Ireland
  • Quarry, Iowa, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Quarry, Ohio, United States, a ghost town
  • Quarry, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community
  • The Quarry (park), the main park of Shrewsbury, England
  • Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
  • Quarry Lake (Nova Scotia), a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Quarry Lake (Maryland), a lake in Pikesville, Maryland, United States

Other uses

  • Quarry (surname)
  • Quarry (company), a marketing communications agency headquartered in St. Jacobs, Ontario

See also

  • Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York, United States, a place where Mark Twain and his family summered for over 20 years
  • Quarry Falls, Ontario, Canada
  • Quarry Wood (disambiguation)
  • Query (disambiguation)