Unfinished millstone, Ilkley
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Unfinished millstone, Ilkley
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 28 Apr 2010
The rock is millstone grit, and there are hundreds of blocks of it on top of the woodland floor - no need to quarry for it. I wonder how many hours it took to make a millstone, and why work stopped on this one. The rock on the right might have provided the next millstone.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.919954
Longitude
-1.855317