Corncockle Quarry

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Corncockle Quarry was a large and historically important sandstone quarry near Templand in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Stone from here was used in the late Victorian era to build tenements in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and also to construct New York 'brownstones'.

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quarryUnited Kingdom

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Location: 55.1695, -3.4354, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    sitebunkerDumfries and Galloway Council Emergency HeadquartersDumfries and Galloway Council, civil defense centerWikidata
    sitecaveBruce's CavecaveWikidata
    sitemineCorncockle QuarryquarryWikidata
    sitemineLocharbriggs QuarriesquarryWikidata
    sitetunnelDrumlanrig, Railway Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata