2014
NS3679 : The former Fairy Knowe Quarry
taken 9 years ago, near to Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
The former Fairy Knowe Quarry
Carman Quarry, at the foot of Carman Hill (NS3779 : Ancient hill-fort on Carman Hill), is wreathed in mist. It was once known as the Fairy Knowe Quarry, after the Fairy Knowe, which used to stand here.
The Fairy Knowe figured in local legend (NS3678 : Carman Quarry), as did the summit of Carman Hill above it: NS3779 : View over ancient hill-fort.
See also NS3779 : The top of Carman Hill, taken on the same day as the present picture, and showing the hilltop above the mist.
The Fairy Knowe figured in local legend (NS3678 : Carman Quarry), as did the summit of Carman Hill above it: NS3779 : View over ancient hill-fort.
See also NS3779 : The top of Carman Hill, taken on the same day as the present picture, and showing the hilltop above the mist.
The former Fairy Knowe Quarry :: NS3779
Red sandstone was quarried here. The site was formerly a small hill called Fairy Knowe, but it became a quarry at the end of the nineteenth century; later maps call it Carman Quarry. It has long been disused. See Link
for an annotated satellite view putting this site in its geological context. See Link and Link (in a Geograph article) for more on the quarry, the Fairy Knowe, and old traditions about this site and Havoc Hole.
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- Grid Square
- NS3679, 44 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 29 December, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 17 January, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 3695 7901 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.5780N 4:36.8742W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 3693 7903
- View Direction
- Southeast (about 135 degrees)
