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Taynton Limestone Quarry (United Kingdom)


This quarry is surrounded by famous quarries now abandoned. There are large reserves of stone. The quarry may have been named Lee's Quarry, if this is the case then the stone for the New Bodleian library in 1939 was quarried here.

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Last updated February 20th 2011 by Peter Burgess
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Last updated January 22nd 2010 by ICLOK

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.8214
Longitude: -1.66191
Landranger grid reference: SP234137
Easting: 423400
Northing: 213700

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Major Mining Region



Taynton Limestone Quarry belongs to the Oxfordshire region.