UK Grid Reference: NZ356568
Latitude: 54°54'16"N
Longitude: 1°26'41"W
Abandoned quarry in the Permian Middle Magnesian Limestone. Due to diagenetic effects and the contraction which occurs when calcite is converted to dolomite, much of the dolomitic limestone has recrystalized into spheroids known locally as 'canonballs'.
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