SX6773 : Split granite blocks at Dartmeet
near to Dartmeet, Devon, Great Britain

Split granite blocks at Dartmeet
A clear evidence of the traditional "tare and feathers" method of splitting used in Dartmoor granite quarries : a series of half-round holes along the cleavage line (the same method is still in use today, with some improvements).
- Grid Square
- SX6773, 16 images (find more images nearby)
- Photographer
- Patrick GUEULLE (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- May 1997
- Submitted
- Thursday, 22 March, 2007
- Category
- Stone (find more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SX 672 733 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:32.6718N 3:52.5127W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
SX 672 733 - View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
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