Old quarry
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Old quarry
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 6 Oct 2016
A small quarry producing a rough slate which would have been used for field walls and similar low-specification work. Mudstones and sandstones of Silurian age in the district all have a cleavage impressed as a consequence of low-grade metamorphism during the Caledonian period. The cleavage is inclined at around 45 degrees, but the bedding direction is obscure.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.030998
Longitude
-3.729715