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| quarry, Dufton | ||
| locality:- | Dufton Gill Woods | |
| locality:- | Dufton | |
| civil parish:- | Dufton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sandstone quarry | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| locality type:- | geological site | |
| coordinates:- | NY69192480 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6924 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY62 | |
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| The quarries are in St Bees Sandstone. Apart from the massive bedding most of the
detail is obscured, either by pick marks of quarry working, or by mosses. |
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| Inevitably, sandstone attracts it, there are graffiti. |
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