Quarry, Barraston
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Quarry, Barraston
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 31 May 2013
Mapped as a clay quarry but older maps suggest that limestone and coal was extracted here as well as fire clay. Now flooded.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.951677
Longitude
-4.235506