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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
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Black and
white variety of
agate Opal –
Hydrated amorphous form of
silica Whinstone –
Quarrying term for any hard dark-coloured rock
Archaeology Ancient Egyptian...
- the edge of the
Balmaclellan churchyard there is a
rough uninscribed whinstone pillar that
looks like an
ancient monument, and is
locally said to mark...
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named parish of Longhoughton. The
village lies
under the
spectacular whinstone outcrop,
Ratcheugh Crag, near
which local point-to-point
racing is often...
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substantial set in 1845,
which were in
operation until 1901. Ironstone,
whinstone and lead had also been
mined and processed, but from 1930
onwards only...
- of the
doleritic Whin Sill
within the
Carboniferous sequence.
Known as
whinstone locally, it
baked the
rocks with
which it came into contact, resulting...
- Red Row
Welfare Tweedmouth Harrow 2016–17
Tweedmouth Harrow Embleton Whinstone Rovers 2017–18
North Sunderland no
Division 2 2018–19 AFC
Newbiggin no...
