The Cheesewring Quarry | stone/rock feature

United Kingdom / England / Pensilva /
 quarry, stone/rock feature
The Cheesewring Quarry produced a blue-grey granite. The railway at the Cheesewring Quarry opened in 1844 was used to transport the silver-grey granite to Liskeard and Looe for export, the old track is still visible in parts.
The Cheesewring itself is a spectacular series of flat boulders over thirty feet round set on top of a number of smaller stones. It is a natural formation of balancing rocks, believed to have been formed by glaciation and erosion over thousands of years. The name comes from its shape.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesewring
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Coordinates:   50°31'31"N   4°27'25"W
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