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Alum quarries and works 800m north of Sandsend Bridge

A Scheduled Monument in Lythe, North Yorkshire

Quarry Spoil Heaps

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After the Shale had been quarried and then processed to extract the aluminium sulphate the shale that was left was either disposed of nearby to form enormous shale tips as in the photo or thrown in to the sea. This photo was taken in the third week of July 2013

Uploaded by John D Hunter on 29 July 2013

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