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Shap Pink Quarry, Shap

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Address: Near Wasdale Head
A couple of miles south of Shap.
County: Cumbria
Postcode: CA10 3QQ
Nearest Town: Kirkby Stephen
Map Reference: NY558084
Grid Reference: E: 355790 N: 508470
Further Information: Modern quarry still working today (Stone Industries 1993: 74; Bignall 2002: 32; Cameron 2002: 1-23). This quarry may originally have been called Wasdale Fell Quarry (Watson 1911: 249).
Associated Name(s): Shap Pink Quarry, Shap, Wasdale Fell Quarries.
Period(s) Quarried: Post Medieval, Modern.