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Butts (Ashover) Limestone Quarry (United Kingdom)


Quarry operated by the Clay Cross Co for limestone ballast for use in rail and road construction. This was transported on the Ashover Light Railway which had a spur into the Quarry. The quarry closed 28.01.50

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 53.163
Longitude: -1.49292
Landranger grid reference: SK340630
Easting: 434000
Northing: 363000

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Butts Limestone Quarry belongs to the Derbyshire region.