| P number: | P527817 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Vane Quarry, Benarty Hill, Kinrossshire. |
| Description: | A brecciated fine-grained dark grey limestone with a weathered surface from Vane Quarry, north-east of Benarty Hill, Kinrossshire. The limestone is Upper Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) in age. BGS Sample SL 104. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7593. There are only four main locations in Kinrossshire where limestone has been worked Clatteringwell Quarry on Bishop Hill, Vicar's Bridge east of Dollar and at Westmuir also near Dollar and this location at Vane Quarry. The first three work Carboniferous Limestones (Charlestown Main Limestone at Clatteringwell and the Castlecary Limestone at the other two locations) while Vane Quarry is in Devonian cornstones. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 245.30 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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