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Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor
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MAGiC MaP
Stanhope
54°44′54″N 2°1′43″W / 54.74833°N 2.02861°W / 54.74833; -2.02861
Natural England
Greenfoot Quarry SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Wear Valley
County Durham
Wear valley
Stanhope
national geological importance
Little Whin Sill
quarry
Greenfoot Quarry
columnar jointing
limestone
intrusion

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