The A2 at The Rock

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The A2 at The Rock by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.

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The A2 at The Rock

Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 8 Sep 2015

This short section of road at The Rock dates from the 1930s and replaced the old road, seen on the right, which climbed over The Rock. The course of the new road had to be blasted from the rock.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
54.203463
Longitude
-5.891884