2019

NZ5810 : Disused sandstone quarry, Easby Bank

taken 5 years ago, near to Easby, North Yorkshire, England

Disused sandstone quarry, Easby Bank
Disused sandstone quarry, Easby Bank
I heard somewhere that there is evidence of twelve sandstone quarries along the escapement between Capt. Cook’s Monument and Roseberry Topping. The stone gained from these quarries would have been used for buildings in villages and farms down in the vale of Cleveland and for the miles of drystone walls that divide the moors. This quarry appears on the 1853 Ordnance Survey map. It may even have been the one from where the stone used to build the monument to Cook, in 1827, was extracted. The quarry has long been abandoned and left for nature to reclaim.

From my photo-diary for 5th May 2019 see LinkExternal link

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Geographical Context: Quarrying, Mining Derelict, Disused Primary Subject: Quarry other tags: Quarry Sandstone Monument Obelisk Captain James Cook Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY, 2019 Automatic Clusters: · Roseberry Topping [7] · Stone [5] · Sandstone Quarry [3] · Easby Bank [2] ·
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NZ5810, 66 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Mick Garratt   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 5 May, 2019   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 5 May, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 5887 1013 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.9867N 1:5.5723W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 5885 1015
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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