Newtowncashel Limestone Quarry

Material Source Icon Newtowncashel Limestone Quarry
County:
Longford
Townland:
Ballyrevagh
Status:
Inactive
Primary Rock Type:
Limestone
Start Date:
1840s
Owner/Operator(s):
mid 1800s: Knight and Farrell
GSI Geoheritage Site Code:
LD014

Notes:

Quarry face approximately 15 m high. Quarry now converted into a park with sculpture reflecting its past use and some quarry equipment on display. A newer quarry is situated 100m south of the old quarry and another immediately north of it but both are recently disused.

References

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