Waulkmill Quarry
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Waulkmill Quarry
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 3 Aug 2006
The quarry supplies 'whinstone' for roadmetal, which is mixed with tar in the plant visible at the quarry entrance. The ridge is part of the Montrose volcanics, about 400 million years old, which are basaltic to andesitic lavas. The field in front is growing potatoes.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.635884
Longitude
-2.599902