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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Quarries in Wales, Isle of Portland, Mountsorrel, Cwt y Bugail Quarry, Maenofferen Quarry, Double Arches Pit, Headington Quarry, Llechwedd quarry, Tilly Whim Caves, Blaen y Cwm Quarry, Quarries of the Mendip Hills, Oakeley Quarry, Emborough Quarries, Institute of Quarrying, Cloford Quarry, Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting, Winspit, Fairy Cave Quarry, Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting, Moon's Hill Quarry, Burlington Slate Quarries, Windsor Hill Quarry, Cook's Wood Quarry, Holwell Quarries, Snowdon Hill Quarry, Viaduct Quarry, Hobbs Quarry, Hawkesbury Quarry, Barnton Quarry, Carreg yr Imbill, Chalbury Hill And Quarry, Goathill Quarry, Independent & Admiralty Quarries, Shillingstone Quarry, Frogden Quarry, Penylan Quarry, Cloud Quarry, Pont y Fenni Quarry and Road Cutting, Wernbongam Stream Section and Quarry, Cwar Glas Quarry and Sawdde Gorge, Dan-Lan-Y-Castell Quarry, Coed Cochion Quarry, Birdshill Quarry, Crug Farm Quarry, Talar Wen Quarry, Ewenny and Pant Quarries, Llanbradach Quarry, Chwarel Ponterwyd, Llangammarch Wells Quarry, Moel Hiraddug Quarries, Garth Bank Quarry, Heol Senni Quarry, Marford Quarry, Pandy Quarries, Penarth Quarry, Teilia Quarry, Halfway Quarry, Rhymney Quarry, Cynwyd Forest Quarry, Graig Quarry, Spixworth Quarry. Excerpt: The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) wide, in the English Channel. Portland is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The population of Portland is almost 13,000. Portland is a central part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east De...
