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Quarry near Low Parkhead
by Adrian Taylor
geograph for square NY3340
This old quarry is shown as operational on the 1861 Ordnance Survey map but... (more)
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Foredale Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD7970
A large disused limestone quarry above Helwith Bridge. The impressions of old... (more)
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Old dram road, near Blackrock
by M J Roscoe
geograph for square SO2112
Former dram road, incline, on hillside above disused limestone quarry, viewed... (more)
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Old Limestone Quarry
by Alan Hughes
geograph for square SS8976
Old limestone quarry (?) in vicinity of Iron Age Hillfort and possible Bronze... (more)
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Old limestone quarry near Esperston
by Jim Barton
geograph for square NT3457
Unlike the nearby Temple Quarry (sand and gravel), this used to be a limestone... (more)
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Cocklaw Quarry (disused)
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY9370
The rock appears to be limestone and the quarry is almost completely grassed... (more)
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Track near Low Parkhead
by Adrian Taylor
geograph for square NY3340
Beside an old limestone quarry, this farm track is also a public footpath from... (more)
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Shady sheep
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD6447
Trying to get some shelter in a small disused limestone quarry.
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Disused limestone quarry, Bollihope
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NZ0034
One of many in this part of Weardale.
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Quarry pool by Bollihope Burn
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NZ0134
Nature is starting to soften this former limestone quarry.
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Disused limestone quarry above Wath
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY6805
The rock is quite thinly bedded, no good at all for climbing.
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Foreshore, Penmon Park Quarries
by Ian Taylor
geograph for square SH6280
Buildings and quay at the disused Penmon Park limestone quarry. Presumably, the... (more)
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Out for a walk, Warton Crag Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD4972
A young family go for a walk beneath the towering rock walls of the disused... (more)
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Quarry track, Binks
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD7083
Binks is a limestone outcrop on the eastern shoulder of Great Coum. The quarry... (more)
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Catcrag Quarry, Township Plantation
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD4588
A small, disused limestone quarry on the eastern flank of Whitbarrow, rapidly... (more)
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Former limestone quarry, Abbotsbury
by Rob Noble
geograph for square SY5786
Marked as Pit (dis) on the map this was formerly a limestone quarry.
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Disused lime kilns, West Pasture Road
by Andrew Curtis
geograph for square NY9522
A pair of disused limekiln, 700 metres south of Cote House Farmhouse... (more)
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Disused Quarry
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SD7276
Near Springcote. A small scale operation.
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The Old Lime Quarry, Cefn Criwbr
by Guy Butler-Madden
geograph for square SS8581
The quarry has been abandoned for several years.
The footpaths passing the... (more)
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The Old Lime Quarry, Cefn Criwbr
by Guy Butler-Madden
geograph for square SS8581
The quarry has been abandoned for several years.
The footpaths passing the... (more)
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Railway lines in the track leading to Milltown Quarry
by Graham Hogg
geograph for square SK3562
A disused limestone quarry
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The northern part of Windmore End Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY8216
A long disused limestone quarry which has been developed by rock climbers.
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Path through a disused quarry, Isle of Portland
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SY6969
A path leading into a disused quarry on the Isle of Portland.
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The Old Lime Quarry, Cefn Criwbr
by Guy Butler-Madden
geograph for square SS8581
The quarry has been abandoned for several years.
The digger appears to have... (more)
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The Old Lime Quarry, Cefn Criwbr
by Guy Butler-Madden
geograph for square SS8581
The quarry has been abandoned for several years.
The footpaths passing the... (more)
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Old quarry
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK1249
This was, presumably, a limestone quarry as old maps show a limekiln on the site.
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Two types of limestone, Trowbarrow LNR
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD4775
Vegetation is starting to obscure the finer detail but the junction of the... (more)
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Quarry, Stainley Gill
by Derek Harper
geograph for square SE3062
A disused quarry beside the Ripon Rowel Walk, and possibly the source of... (more)
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The former South Elmsall Quarry, now an SSSI
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE4811
A magnesian limestone quarry listed because of the patch reefs exposed on the quarry face.
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Darren Ddu quarry, Blackrock
by M J Roscoe
geograph for square SO2112
The dark vegetation on the limestone face is Cotoneaster an exotic which... (more)
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Paleokarst surface, Trowbarrow LNR
by Karl and Ali
for square SD4876
The reddish coloured face is a small fragment of limestone pavement, similar to... (more)
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Quarry spoil by the Pennine Way, Little Fell
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD8492
A band of limestone has been quarried here just above the track. Ahead is the... (more)
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The main wall, disused limestone quarry, Byesteads
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY6021
The largest wall here is about 6m tall and was climbed on in the 1980's -... (more)
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Coast Path through a Quarry
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SS4684
The Wales Coast Path climbs up from the beach onto the cliffs through old... (more)
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Hope's Nose Quarry
by Derek Harper
geograph for square SX9463
The disused limestone quarry is on the north side of the headland.
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Whitecleuch Lime Works
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NS8220
The indentations on the hillside are the site of long-abandoned limestone quarries.
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Bishop's Quarry on the Great Orme
by M J Richardson
geograph for square SH7683
Now disused. A fine exposure of Carboniferous limestone.
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Old limestone quarry near Esperston (2)
by Jim Barton
geograph for square NT3457
The NW side of the old quarry workings seen from the Middleton road.
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Petoe Quarry
by Derek Harper
geograph for square SX7660
Just east of Tigley, the A385 crosses through woodland filling the disused Petoe... (more)
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Tell Us About It
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SK2855
Taken in a disused limestone quarry on a visit to the Steeple Grange Railway.... (more)
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Disused limestone quarry, Byesteads
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY6021
There is an old lime kiln at the north end. For some reason this land is CRoW... (more)
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Old mooring ring, Blackstone Point
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD4377
The limestone of the point has been quarried (see background cliffs). Just... (more)
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Silver birch tree, Warton Crag LNR
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD4972
Somehow, this young silver birch has taken on the shape of a larch. Copses of... (more)
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Kettlewell Crag
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD5093
An overgrown and north-facing outcrop of what appears to be mainly quarried... (more)
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Young ash trees, Warton Crag Quarry
by Karl and Ali
for square SD4872
After decades of being disused, trees are starting to colonise the quarry floor,... (more)
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Information board, Limeworks Wood, Trowbarrow LNR
by Karl and Ali
for square SD4775
The board is showing its age and part of it is now illegible. It shows the scale... (more)
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Small Pond, Cheswick Black Rocks
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square NU0347
Probably a leftover from limestone quarrying.
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Ruined lime kiln, Wold Fell
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD7984
The top of Wold Fell is limestone which was quarried just above this small... (more)
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Sunlight on Langcliffe Quarry
by Karl and Ali
for square SD8266
After quarrying ceased the lower part of the quarry became a waste dump for some... (more)
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Ruined lime kiln and sheep by the Maiden Way
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY6535
After a steep haul out of the valley the track levels off where there are signs... (more)
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