Disused slate quarry off the Drumalt Road above Cullyhanna
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Disused slate quarry off the Drumalt Road above Cullyhanna
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 Aug 2018
Slate was quarried from the Lower Palaeozoic rocks in parts of Cos Armagh and Down. Most of the quarry enterprises were small and short lived. The site is now used as a source of quarry rubble.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.1364
Longitude
-6.583089