Wingate Quarry
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wingate-quarry-280-13931750
title:
Wingate Quarry
text:
Wingate Quarry is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of east County Durham, England. Part of the site is also a Local Nature Reserve It is a disused quarry located just south of the village of Wheatley Hill. The quarry was worked for Magnesian Limestone until the 1930s, when it closed. Since then a large and varied grassland has developed on the site. Magnesian limestone grassland is nationally scarce, with this site accounting for close to 8 per cent
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description:
Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingate_Quarry
date created:
date modified:
2023-11-02T05:55:19Z
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13
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