2019
NS3779 : Eastern edge of the Fairy Knowe
taken 7 years ago, near to Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
This is 1 of 3 images, with title Eastern edge of the Fairy Knowe in this square
Eastern edge of the Fairy Knowe
The wavy ridge of high ground receding from view is the eastern edge of Carman Quarry, whose expansion consumed most of a knoll called the Fairy Knowe. See NS3779 : Eastern edge of the Fairy Knowe for a view in the opposite direction.
The former Fairy Knowe Quarry
Red sandstone was quarried here. The site was formerly a small hill called Fairy Knowe, but it became a quarry at the end of the nineteenth century; later maps call it Carman Quarry. It has long been disused. See Link
for an annotated satellite view putting this site in its geological context. See Link and Link (in a Geograph article) for more on the quarry, the Fairy Knowe, and old traditions about this site and Havoc Hole.
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- Grid Square
- NS3779, 116 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 27 January, 2019 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 14 March, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 3701 7904 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.5954N 4:36.8177W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 3700 7906
- View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
