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Barnhill (Bixhead) Sandstone Quarry (United Kingdom)


Forest of Dean Stone Firms Ltd quarry extracting Pennant Sandstone for use as a high quality dimension stone.
Further info can be found on the company site at [url]http://www.forestofdeanstone.co.uk/ [/url]
and some interesting stuff of the place in 1994, prior to modernisation here [url] http://www.iarecordings.org/features/deanstonefirms.html [/url]
see also the aditnow entry for the Bixlade Stoneworks here. [url] http://www.aditnow.co.uk/mines/Bixslade-Stoneworks-Factory/ [/url]

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Latitude: 51.7944
Longitude: -2.5872
Landranger grid reference: SO596108
Easting: 359600
Northing: 210800

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