| P number: | P001550 |
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| Old photograph number: | MNS02214 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Harelawhill Limestone Quarry, Harelawhill, 4 km. north-east of Canonbie, Dumfries & Galloway. View from the east showing entrances to mines in the Lower Harelawhill Limestone, Upper Liddesdale Group, Dinantian, Carboniferous. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of Harelawhill Limestone Quarry, Harelawhill, 4 km. north-east of Canonbie, Dumfries & Galloway. View from the east showing entrances to mines in the Lower Harelawhill Limestone, Upper Liddesdale Group, Dinantian, Carboniferous. The limestone is one of two thick Lower Carboniferous limestones that were worked in the area. It is well-bedded, grey and 15-20 feet thick in beds 4-12 inches thick. It was of excellent quality, 94.67 per cent calcium carbonate. The overburden consists of c. four feet of glacial drift. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1978 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 342750 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 578980 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 331.41 KB; 986 x 1000 pixels; 83 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 261 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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