Greengates Quarry
Greengates Quarry is a quarry in Lunedale, County Durham, England. Greengates Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Saddlebow Hill, as well as near Limestone Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkcarrion and Laithkirk Church.
Kirkcarrion
Archaeological site
Photo: Etype.jaguar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees, which were planted in Victorian times, cover a tumulus which is reputed to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain, Prince Caryn, who ruled before the days of the Romans. Kirkcarrion is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Greengates Quarry.
Laithkirk Church
Church
Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laithkirk Church is situated 1¼ miles east of Greengates Quarry.
Park End Wood
Forest
Park End Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. The site occupies a low hill of Whin Sill on the southern edge of the River Tees floodplain just over 2 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale. Park End Wood is situated 1½ miles northwest of Greengates Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thringarth and Harter Fell.
Thringarth
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thringarth is a hamlet in Lunedale, in the Pennines of England. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Harter Fell
Locality
Harter Fell is an area of upland heath in west County Durham, England. It lies on the watershed between the River Tees to the north-east and the River Lune to the south and reaches a maximum height of 481 metres above sea level about 1-kilometre north of the hamlet of Thringarth.
Bowbank
Hamlet
Bowbank is a hamlet in Lunedale, a side valley of Teesdale in County Durham, England. It is within Lunedale civil parish and is situated on the B6276 road, 1 mile south of Middleton-in-Teesdale and 8 miles north west of the town of Barnard Castle.
Greengates Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.60678° or 54° 36′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.10475° or 2° 6′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C6VJV4W+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 530015053OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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