Pilmuir Quarry
Introduction
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Pilmuir Quarry
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 7 Aug 2025
A zoomed view, looking through the gate Image The quarry, which started operating in the 1930s to provide dolerite (whinstone) for road building, has been disused since the 1970s and is now flooded.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.760268
Longitude
-4.359226