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P number: P000021
Old photograph number: C01554
Caption: White Moss Quarry, 4.8 km. south-east of Thurso. Caithness. View of a storage area.
Description: White Moss Quarry, 4.8 km. south-east of Thurso. Caithness. View of a storage area. Thin flags, used as green ornamental stone-slates, ready for export. Observe the characteristic Caithness 'flag fence' (field wall) in the background, the slabs are set in the ground on edge in a tight-fitting arrangement. This green stone slate was often in much demand for artistic work on churches and public buildings. The rock is Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) Caithness Flagstones.
Date taken: Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1910
Photographer: Lunn, R.
Copyright statement: Crown
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
X longitude/easting: 315500
Y latitude/northing: 965500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 271.24 KB; 1000 x 724 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 192 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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