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Originally Posted by janwhin
There is a reference in he County History to a survey of 1567 which mentions the freestone quarries of Newtown and Birling which produced grindstones and were a major "export" along with fish at the time.
There is a later reference to the Birling freestone quarry, along which the main road north of the river now goes, which produced the stone for the castle and eventually grindstones.
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That's a second specialist use outside of building materials we have for the local stone. [Also water filters from quarries Amble]