Detail of rock at quarry near Powmill
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Detail of rock at quarry near Powmill
Image: © William Starkey Taken: 25 Mar 2013
The rock face at the disused quarry in Powmill. The rock here is a quartz micro-gabbro outcrop of the Midland Valley Sill Complex, formed in the Carboniferous Period - 290-327 million years ago - see Geology of Britain viewer: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/viewer.html
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Image Location
Latitude
56.15757
Longitude
-3.598686