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Above a former sandstone quarry, now Paddlers Park. Both the quarry and the... (more)

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The new red sandstone cliff now forms a backdrop to a play area. The path links... (more)

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In Dawson Plantation [formerly known as Common End Plantation]. The quarry is... (more)

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Taken from the footpath shown in SX9691 : Former quarry, Bishop's Way, Exeter.... (more)

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"The Dawlish Sandstone Formation of Permian age, about 260 million years... (more)

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Described in a local guide book as being an out of the wind suntrap.

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Looking up the steep valley side from the layby where SS6119 : A377 in Gratleigh Wood and... (more)

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A small working of soft red sandstone beside the beck. Most likely dating to... (more)

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Another view of the roundabout shown in SX9691 : Bishop's Way, Exeter, with the quarry cliff... (more)

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Colonised by birch trees.

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An alternative view of SX9691 : Sandstone cliff by Bishop's Way, with an electricity sub station beneath... (more)

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This could be a pair of initials: 'JL' and 'JO' (or... (more)

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The carved year '1896' on the wall of NY5841 : Disused quarry by Raven Beck.

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A replica crane, outlines of the boats that moved coal around the mine, and the... (more)

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The Delph is a sandstone quarry which was repurposed as a loading basin in 1761... (more)

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A popular local beauty spot, Corley Rocks are a wooded sandstone outcrop on the... (more)

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Sandstone cliffs. Close to Bishop's Way. This site was originally a quarry.

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The quarry fell out of use between 1845 and the 1890s.

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New housing built within a disused sandstone quarry, of which some cliff faces... (more)

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The quarry was created because stone was needed to build Belsay Hall, but it was... (more)

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The low arch under Worsley Road. In the foreground the outline of boats that... (more)

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