Path around Moffat & District Community Nature Reserve
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Path around Moffat & District Community Nature Reserve by Richard Sutcliffe as part of the Geograph project.
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Path around Moffat & District Community Nature Reserve
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 14 Jun 2019
The site was originally Dyke Farm Quarry, operated by Patersons of Greenoakhill Ltd for the extraction of sand and gravel. This was used for the upgrading of the M74 motorway, the Beattock gas compressor station, the wood pulp mill at Lockerbie and houses in Moffat (information from reserve sign).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.320689
Longitude
-3.438272