Northfield Quarry, Dunipace
Maker
Thomas McInnes
Production date
24 Aug 1978
Description
View of a quarry working a quartz dolerite sill, showing very thin topsoil and columnar jointing.
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Object detail
The sill which runs east-west through Myot Hill was quarried at Northfield. The whinstone was used for kerbs and setts. Fragmented rock was used as aggregate.
see locality field card.
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