Craignair Quarry Tours
Dublin Core
Title
Craignair Quarry Tours
Description
Pre-booked guided tours only. An unusual opportunity to visit a working granite quarry, first opened in the late 18C. Craignair has helped to shape Dalbeattie, providing the town with its building stone and providing generations of employment for its skilled craftsmen.
Source
dumfriesandgalloway
Type
Museum
Identifier
1020
Spatial Coverage
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Museum Item Type Metadata
Street
Craignair Quarry
Place
Dalbeattie
IsNewThisYear
No
OpeningTime1
Pre-booked tours only
Activities
The quarry's products have been exported worldwide. Tarmac Northern Ltd provided guided tours by minibus in 2018, taking you to see the workings, the vast 21C machinery and more.
(Leave Dalbeattie on the A711, bearing right at the traffic lights after the bridge, then turn right into the Tarmac Quarry yard to park)
WC
No
DisabledWC
No
DisabledAccess
No
Refreshments
No
EventsForChildren
No
Parking
No
HearingLoop
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
ID
10194
IsIncludedThisYear
No
Postcode
DG5 4LX
Citation
“Craignair Quarry Tours,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1018.
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