Abandoned pieces of stone next to Brighouse FP99, Rastrick
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Abandoned pieces of stone next to Brighouse FP99, Rastrick
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 10 Sep 2015
Stone was mined in this quarry, and these massive pieces must have been hauled up a shaft by a crane and then cut to rectangular shapes. Perhaps they were abandoned because pieces spalled off during the cutting. At present people do not walk this way, but have trodden a path on a different route.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.689856
Longitude
-1.790234