Foulridge, Lancashire: Old quarry
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Foulridge, Lancashire: Old quarry
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 12 Apr 2010
This small gritstone quarry is not named on any map that I have seen. It is marked on the first edition six-inch map in virtually its present state, and has probably not been worked for over 200 years - quite likely its last use was for stone for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.879468
Longitude
-2.174893