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Binny Quarry
Sandstone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Binny Quarry
Classification Sandstone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ecclesmachan
Canmore ID 87362
Site Number NT07SE 37
NGR NT 0575 7290
NGR Description Centred NT 0575 7290
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87362
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Uphall
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07SE 37 centred 0575 7290
Binny Quarry (Sandstone): 'An excellent sandstone quarry a short distance S of the village of Ecclesmachan. The stone is considered of a very superior quality for building purposes and it is a very fine sandstone, known in the 'market' and among builders as 'Binny Quarry Stone'. It has not been worked for the last few years, the working being considered expensive in consequence of the depth of the stone beneath the surface. The Earl of Buchan is proprietor; the last occupier was Mr Duncan. There is another extensive quarry of the same quality stone to the west (NW ?) of this, which is also called Binny Quarry (centred NT 0555 7327). They are not distinguished by any prefix or otherwise, one from the other'.
Ordnance Survey Name Book, 1855.
