Lafarge Cement Quarry
Lafarge Cement Quarry is a quarry in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland. Lafarge Cement Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Gallanagh Hill, as well as near Rockhead Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tullyhogue Fort and Holy Trinity College.
Tullyhogue Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Iain Crump, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullyhogue Fort, also spelt Tullaghoge or Tullahoge, is a large mound on the outskirts of Tullyhogue village near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Tullyhogue Fort is situated 1½ miles east of Lafarge Cement Quarry.
Holy Trinity College
School
Holy Trinity College is an 11–18 mixed Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1994 through the amalgamation of St Patrick’s High School and Our Lady’s High School, which had originally opened in 1965 as separate boys’ and girls’ Voluntary Secondary Schools. Holy Trinity College is situated 1½ miles north of Lafarge Cement Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tullyhogue and Sandholes.
Tullyhogue
Hamlet
Photo: John McGlinchey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullyhogue, also called Tullaghoge or Tullahoge, is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the civil parish of Desertcreat and is about two miles or three kilometres south of Cookstown. Tullyhogue is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lafarge Cement Quarry.
Sandholes
Village
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandholes is a small rural village, located at a crossroads approximately 3+1⁄2 miles south of Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The settlement is compact, with a modest range of services and community facilities. Sandholes is situated 2 miles southwest of Lafarge Cement Quarry.
Cookstown
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cookstown is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The historic counties are no longer units of government, so Cookstown is now part of Mid-Ulster district, and in 2024 had a population of 12,600.
Lafarge Cement Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.61709° or 54° 37′ 2″ northLongitude
-6.7569° or 6° 45′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C6MJ68V+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 254813620OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Highlights include Gallanagh Hill and Rockhead Hill.
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