Mountsorrel Quarry
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Mountsorrel Quarry by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Mountsorrel Quarry
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 Jun 2006
This quarry produces a distinctive red granite. The site is bisected by a public footpath from which this picture is taken. The footpath now follows a slightly different route to the one shown on the map.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.730952
Longitude
-1.151422