Stainton Whinstone Quarry

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A BGS photo from 1975 shows the quarry faces still visible and a general mess.

The quarry now is virtually unrecognisable as its has been landscaped and converted into parkland.

Stainton Whinstone Quarry Stainton Whinstone Quarry

Stainton Whinstone Quarry 

One possible remnant is a cairn of stones erected by the entrance, to my non-geologist eyes the majority looks like sandstone, but I think the larger grey block could be whinstone.

Stainton Whinstone Quarry Stainton Whinstone Quarry 

 

 

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