Quarry, Liniel Law
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Quarry, Liniel Law
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 10 Sep 2015
There is limestone here, and it was quarried for lime making. The limestones in the Rothbury area were a driver for the building of the Northumberland Central Railway. Coal was also mined here.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.21493
Longitude
-1.931605