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1. Quarries: QUARRIES kwor'-iz (pecilim (Judges 3:19,26, "graven images"), shebharim (Joshua 7:5, "Shebarim," the Revised Version margin "the quarries")): Pesilim is elsewhere translated "graven images" (Deuteronomy 7:5; Psalms 78:58; Isaiah 10:10; Micah 5:13, etc ... [100%] 1915-01-01
2. Collyweston Quarries: Collyweston Quarries is a 6.6-hectare (16-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Easton on the Hill in Northamptonshire, south of Stamford. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. (Protected area in Northamptonshire, England) [70%] 2024-05-20 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire]
3. Llanfawr Quarries: There are four Llanfawr Quarries dolerite quarries near Llandrindod Wells, Wales they were excavated for building stone in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Three of these quarries constitute a Site of Special Scientific Interest and permission to collect must ... (Series of quarries in Wales) [70%] 2024-11-07 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Radnor] [Quarries in Wales]...
4. Ticknall Quarries: Ticknall Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Derbyshire, England. It is located either side of the main street in Ticknall. [70%] 2025-01-28 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire] [Protected areas of Derbyshire]...
5. Pacolet Soapstone Quarries: Pacolet Soapstone Quarries encompasses 13 historic archaeological sites located near Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was the site of soapstone procurement activities during the Late Archaic Period (3000 B.C. (Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States) [57%] 2023-11-12 [Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina] [National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg County, South Carolina]...
6. Tintagel Slate Quarries: Tintagel Slate Quarries fall into two categories: the series of quarries lying between Tintagel Castle and Trebarwith Strand on the north coast of Cornwall, South West England and the open cast quarries further inland. There are around eight cliff-edge ... (Series of quarries in Cornwall, England) [57%] 2024-03-28 [Tintagel] [Quarries in Cornwall]...
7. De Lank Quarries: De Lank Quarries (grid reference SX101753) is an active quarry and a 54-acre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in St Breward parish, north Cornwall, England, UK. The quarry, which received its SSSI notification in 1994, takes its name ... (Quarry and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall, England) [57%] 2025-01-25 [Bodmin Moor] [Geology of Cornwall]...
8. Moel Hiraddug Quarries: Moel Hiraddug Quarries is a quarry and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales. (Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Wales) [57%] 2025-01-13 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Clwyd] [Quarries in Wales]...
9. Robeston Wathen Quarries: Robeston Wathen Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (or SSSI) in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, immediately to the north of the village of Robeston Wathen. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1967 ... (Protected area in Pembrokeshire, Wales) [57%] 2025-04-29 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Pembrokeshire]
10. Ewenny and Pant Quarries: Ewenny and Pant Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, notable for its geological interest. First designated in 1996, both quarries are active, commercial quarries, with no public access. (Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales) [50%] 2023-12-16 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan] [Quarries in Wales]...
11. Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District: The Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District, in Clark County, Washington near Ridgefield, is a 535 acres (2.17 km) area which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It included seven contributing sites: seven separate quarries. (Earth) [50%] 2023-12-18 [Quarries]
12. Mount Gibraltar Trachyte Quarries Complex: Mount Gibraltar Trachyte Quarries Complex is a heritage-listed former stone quarry on Mount Gibraltar at Oxley Drive, Bowral, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was worked from 1886 to 1986. (Former quarry in Australia) [44%] 2022-06-20 [New South Wales State Heritage Register] [Bowral]...
13. Stone Quarries for Edo Castle: The Stone Quarries for Edo Castle (江戸城石垣石丁場跡, Edojō Ishigaki ishichōba ato) are the remnants of stone quarries used to provide the massive amount of stone necessary to construct the extensive moats and defensive fortifications of Edo Castle under the Tokugawa shogunate in ... [44%] 2022-12-26 [Edo period] [History of Shizuoka Prefecture]...
14. Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries: Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries is a 30-hectare (74-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. (Protected area in Oxfordshire, England) [44%] 2024-08-21 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire] [Geological Conservation Review sites]...
15. Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries: Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the village of Sherburn Hill and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east ... (Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England) [40%] 2025-01-01 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham] [Quarries in County Durham]...
16. Lezennes quarries: The quarries of Lezennes constitute a group of underground passages of about 250ha (it would be in reality 400ha). They are located south of Lille and go from Hellemmes to Lose and have several advantages: near Lille, the chalk used ... [70%] 2023-12-29
17. Hyllestad quernstone quarries: Hyllestad quernstone quarries in the county of Vestland represent the oldest and one of the largest production areas for quernstones and millstones in Norway with approx. 400 quarries identified. [57%] 2023-07-31 [Sogn og Fjordane] [Archaeology of Norway]...
18. List of quarries: This is a list of notable quarries, worldwide. In Australia: In Canada: In Germany: In Italy: In Kosovo: In Russia In the United Kingdom In the United States. (Earth) [57%] 2023-11-19 [Quarries]
19. List of quarries: This is a list of notable quarries, worldwide. In Australia: In Canada: In Germany: In Italy: In Kosovo: In Russia In the United Kingdom In the United States. [57%] 2023-12-08 [Quarries]
20. Mines, quarries, and pits: Mines, quarries, and pits are - according to the USDA terminology - "uses of land for extraction of ores, minerals, and rock materials; a subcategory of the Land cover/use category Barren land. ". [50%] 2023-02-15 [Agriculture]
21. Stone quarries of ancient Egypt: The stone quarries of ancient Egypt once produced quality stone for the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks. These quarries are now recognised archaeological sites. (Aspect of Egyptian economy) [44%] 2024-01-02 [Archaeological sites in Egypt] [Mining in Egypt]...
22. Stone quarries of ancient Egypt: The stone quarries of ancient Egypt once produced quality stone for the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks. These quarries are now recognised archaeological sites. (Earth) [44%] 2024-01-03 [Quarries]
23. Decauville railway of the Watissart quarries: The Decauville railway of the Watissart quarries was a narrow gauge railway of the quartzite and marble quarries in Jeumont in the Département Nord in the Hauts-de-France region. The former quarries have been flooded to create a lake ... (Earth) [40%] 2023-10-05 [Quarries]
24. Decauville railway of the Watissart quarries: The Decauville railway of the Watissart quarries was a narrow-gauge railway of the quartzite and marble quarries in Jeumont in the Département Nord in the Hauts-de-France region. The former quarries have been flooded to create a lake ... [40%] 2023-11-23 [600 mm gauge railways in France] [Quarries]...