| P number: | P527805 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Old West Quarry, Forthar, Freuchie, Fifeshire. |
| Description: | A fine-grained, dark limestone with lithostrotion coral from Old West Quarry, Forthar, one mile east-sout-east of Freuchie, Fifeshire. BGS Sample SL 50. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7581. The section at Freuchie of the Charlestown Main Limestone was as follows: sandstone, 3 feet shale; 8 feet; limestone, with parting, 10 feet; sandstone, fakes and shale, 3 feet; limestone, red, 2 feet; sandstone and shale, with coaly top, 1 foot, limestone, 18 feet; shale with sandstone, 5 feet. This limestone was formerly quarried and mined on a large scale, but was abandoned about 70 years ago. Reserves are probably considerable in depth to the south-east, but faulting might make further working troublesome. Road and rail access are convenient. The county of Fife possesses large resources of limestone and has been worked for hundreds of years in both quarries and mines. Many of the older workings were exploited for lime in agriculture and quarries and kilns were at work all over the region. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 228.17 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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