Local sawmill
Introduction
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Local sawmill
Image: © Bob Forrest Taken: 21 Dec 2006
Sawmill mainly producing materials for the local farming community e.g. fence posts. It uses the former site of sandstone quarries which produced the once famous Ballochmyle sandstone. The sandstone was formed under desert conditions and fossilised sand dunes, of possibly Permian age, were found in the quarries until they were filled in during the latter decades of the 20th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.508266
Longitude
-4.376749