The Camel Quarry
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The Camel Quarry
Image: © Ron Strutt Taken: 12 Sep 2003
The desolate landscape of the Camel Quarry with the Camel Trail passing through it. In the 17th and 18th centuries this was a hive of activity, one million slates a year being produced at times, all of them shipped out from the quays which once lined the river's edge (see SW9474).
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Image Location
Latitude
50.525457
Longitude
-4.886545