2012

NS3979 : Rock face in the former Bonhill Quarry

taken 11 years ago, near to Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Rock face in the former Bonhill Quarry
Rock face in the former Bonhill Quarry
This steep face is at the eastern end of NS3979 : The former Bonhill Quarry.
Bonhill Quarry

The quarry, which is now disused, was worked for its Old Red Sandstone. It appears on the first-edition OS map (surveyed in 1864), and later expanded southwards (as shown on the map revision of 1896), but it was labelled "disused" on the map revision of c.1914. The quarry was still in use in 1891 (in that year, three men were injured in an accident while blasting with gunpowder). A smaller disused quarry is located about 250 metres ENE of it: Link


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Geographical Context: Quarrying, Mining Derelict, Disused Former: Quarry
This photo is linked from: Other Photos: · The former Bonhill Quarry ·
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NS3979, 205 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 5 October, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 5 November, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3990 7962 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.9661N 4:34.0626W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3989 7962
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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