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Corncockle Quarry : ウィキペディア英語版 | Corncockle Quarry 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'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Quarrying - Future Museum South West Scotland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=STONE Project – Corncockle Sandstone Quarry – New quarry techniques )〕 The sandstone dates from the Permian Age and dinosaur footprints were found there in the 19th century. The stone is currently extracted by Dunhouse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dunhouse info sheet on Corncockle )〕 At its peak the quarry was connected to the Caledonian Main Line by a mineral railway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ScotlandsPlaces - Corncockle Quarry )〕 It was the subject of a lithograph by William Jardine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Corncockle Muir Quarry by () William Jardine )〕 ==References==
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