| P number: | P000067 |
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| Old photograph number: | C02907 |
| Caption: | Hillhouse Quarry, Dundonald. Ayrshire. Columnar teschenitic dolerite being quarried for road-metal. Quarry face and crushing plant. |
| Description: | Hillhouse Quarry, Dundonald. Ayrshire. Columnar teschenitic dolerite being quarried for road-metal. Quarry face and crushing plant. The face exhibits one of the best examples of regular columnar jointing in Britain. Note the large stockpile of crushed rock. The dolerite is a basic medium-grained igneous rock forming a sheet-like igneous body called a 'sill'. The sill was intruded into the country rock conformable with the bedding. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1921 |
| Photographer: | Manson, W. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 234500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 634500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 256.47 KB; 1000 x 711 pixels; 85 x 60 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 188 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Roadstone |
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