Sand and Gravel Quarry
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sand and Gravel Quarry by Douglas Nelson as part of the Geograph project.
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Sand and Gravel Quarry
Image: © Douglas Nelson Taken: 3 Jan 2012
There are a number of such quarries in this area. It has been suggested that the abundance of sand and gravel quarries can be put down to a tsunami which hit eastern Scotland thousands of years ago.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.302222
Longitude
-3.126664