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Whinstone is a term used in the
quarrying industry to
describe any hard dark-coloured rock.
Examples include the
igneous rocks,
basalt and dolerite, as...
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industries of weaving, tanning, brewing, and tile making. Subsequently,
whinstone for road
surfacing was also
quarried from the
Cleveland ****
along with...
- more of a fort. The
castle sits on the
highest point of the island, a
whinstone hill
called Beblowe.
After Henry VIII
suppressed the priory, his troops...
- Onyx –
Banded variety of
mineral Opal –
Hydrated amorphous form of
silica Whinstone –
Quarrying term for any hard dark-coloured rock
Archaeology Ancient Egyptian...
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Elderslie Rock
Elderslie Rock is a
geological intrusion of hard
whinstone rock
which extends across and
beneath the
River Clyde near Glasgow, Scotland...
- to the East of the wood. As the name
suggests the site was a
Victorian Whinstone quarry from the 1820s to 1850s. The pond is
where the main mine shaft...
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Naturally occurring volcanic gl**** Opal –
Hydrated amorphous form of
silica Whinstone –
Quarrying term for any hard dark-coloured rock Archaeology –
Study of...
- Quay. It was
built to
facilitate the
loading of
boats and
barges with
whinstone excavated from the
nearby Rashielee Quarries that was
brought to the quay...
- in
North East England. The site is a now
disused quarry which yielded whinstone, a hard dark rock ****ociated in
Northumberland with the Whin Sill. Longhoughton...
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consists of
three different types of rock. The
upper band is made up of
whinstone, or dolerite, a hard
igneous rock
which the
waterfall takes a lot of time...
