| P number: | P224927 |
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| Old photograph number: | NI00233 |
| Caption: | Ulster Limestone Corporation Quarry, Legmore Townland 650 yd. at N 78 degrees W. of Legmore House. Looking E. |
| Description: | Ulster Limestone Corporation Quarry, Legmore Townland 650 yd. at N 78 degrees W. of Legmore House. Looking E. Detail of the Upper Chalk in a quarry near Moira, Co. Down. Bedded Senonian Chalk with flint bands and nodules seen in working face of Ulster Limestone Corporation Quarry. Top of hammer handle rests on lower of two posts bounded by three well-marked glauconitic bedding planes characteristic of the Lisburn-Moira area. The flint above the top glauconitic bedding plane is termed the 'Og-knee' flint by the local quarrymen. |
| Date taken: | Sun May 01 00:00:00 BST 1955 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 410.20 KB; 1000 x 721 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Special collections/ Northern Ireland/ Down, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Cement and lime, limestone quarries and chalk pits |
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