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This old quarry is shown as operational on the 1861 Ordnance Survey map but... (more)

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More accurately Torr Works Quarry. A limestone quarry run by Foster Yeoman,... (more)

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The name of the old inn, Limekiln House, on the Hambleton Drovers’ Road, gives a... (more)

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Limestone was quarried here on the eastern site for over 50 years, until the... (more)

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The view, into the old quarry, from the north eastern side. Post-closure growth... (more)

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Since I first visited the site over 50 years ago a level path has been built... (more)

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On the B4265 St Bride's Road. A working limestone quarry. One of the... (more)

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Beside an old limestone quarry, this farm track is also a public footpath from... (more)

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The upper layers of limestone here were mixed with shale. The quarrymen called... (more)

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One of four small quarries shown here on the large-scale OS map surveyed in... (more)

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The huge quarries have on-site activities for adding value to the quarried stone.

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This former limestone quarry is shown as working on the large-scale OS maps... (more)

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Cefn Onn quarry is a limestone quarry. The presence on the Orndnance Survey map... (more)

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The limestone quarries were to the right in this view with, below to the left,... (more)

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This was, presumably, a limestone quarry as old maps show a limekiln on the site.

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An active limestone quarry beside seen here from the Limestone Way footpath.

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A magnesian limestone quarry listed because of the patch reefs exposed on the quarry face.

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The rock is quite thinly bedded, no good at all for climbing.

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An active and ever expanding limestone quarry opened in the 1920s operated by... (more)

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The limestone quarry covers parts of four adjoining squares. This view is from... (more)

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This was once Lester's Lime Works, on the north side of the Clywedog... (more)

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This limestone quarry is still being worked but this northern section is being... (more)

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The limestone quarried here is crushed and used as aggregate.

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A large disused limestone quarry above Helwith Bridge. The impressions of old... (more)

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Nature is starting to soften this former limestone quarry.

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Former limestone quarry on Bircher Common.

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The rock appears to be limestone and the quarry is almost completely grassed... (more)

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Former limestone quarry alongside Cwm Road.

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Former limestone quarry alongside Cwm Road.

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Limestone quarry taking out an area of limestone pavement of Clawthorpe Fell.

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One of several quarries in the area, some active - others like this one now... (more)

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General cargo vessel 'Merit' taking on limestone at Raynes Jetty.... (more)

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General cargo vessel 'Merit' taking on limestone at Raynes Jetty.... (more)

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The Consett Iron Co worked this massive limestone quarry at Stanhope for over 70... (more)

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Trying to get some shelter in a small disused limestone quarry.

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One of many in this part of Weardale.

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The excavation of limestone to feed the Dunbar cement works has moved eastwards... (more)

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Large limestone quarry viewed through railings at the side of a public footpath... (more)

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On the Croft Castle Estate.

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A disused flooded limestone quarry.

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The quarry line ran north-westwards out of the quarry to Crawleyside. There it... (more)

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The Consett Iron Co worked this massive limestone quarry at Stanhope for over 70... (more)

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Limestone quarry, the last working quarry in Nidderdale

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The main buildings attached to Whitewall Limestone Quarry

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The quarry has been abandoned for several years. The footpaths passing the... (more)

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The quarry has been abandoned for several years. The footpaths passing the... (more)

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Station Quarry is a former limestone quarry next to the site of Hartington Station.

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A large, isolated 'island' has been left untouched in the midst of the... (more)

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The Consett Iron Co worked this massive limestone quarry at Stanhope for over 70... (more)

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Flooded former limestone quarry south of Seahouses.

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