Quarry , Bruntshiels
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Quarry , Bruntshiels
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 15 May 2010
A small whinstone quarry. The fields may look green and fertile but they are grazed not arable for a reason. Hard rock lurks not far beneath the surface and the soils are thin. There are natural rock exposures nearby. The quarry is marked as "old quarry" on 19th century maps.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.285298
Longitude
-2.912454