Helbeck Quarry above Brough
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Helbeck Quarry above Brough
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 6 May 2011
An active and ever expanding limestone quarry opened in the 1920s operated by the Sherburn Stone Company. It quarries limestones formed during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period, from approximately 327 to 316 million years ago.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.537609
Longitude
-2.310613