Cut through living rock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cut through living rock by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 15 Mar 2009
The soft Bunter Sandstone makes it comparatively easy to cut through where it is needed to ease the gradient of the road. There are more than one example of this in the area.