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Looking across to Black Combe in the distance.
©SIMON PHILLIPS
Dist:0.4km<br/>
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.4km<br/>The A 5092 here is the National Park Boundary
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking over towards the Western Fells from Birlington Slate
©Alpacaandrea
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking towards the Furness Fells
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.8km<br/>There are a number of tunnels marked at the 1:5000 scale, but I have been unable to locate this picture precisely. Whether this was anything other than a drainage tunnel is also not clear. The tunnel entrance is approximately 5 feet high. Also noteworthy are the drystone retaining walls which are so typical of slate quarrying.
©Alan Murray-Rust
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©mauldy
Dist:0.8km<br/>A typical use of quarry waste to provide a retaining structure.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.8km<br/>This appears to have been an area where slate could be dressed, then loaded for transport away from the site. There are large numbers of pieces of dressed slate still lying around.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.8km<br/>Large pieces of partially cut slate have been tipped into a random pile. These pieces are up to around 10 feet long
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.9km<br/>Looking down into quarry from north-east end.
©John Mann
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©Alexander P Kapp
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©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:1.0km<br/>A 595
©Michael Graham
Dist:1.0km<br/>
©mauldy

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