Delabole

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Delabole Slate Quarry

Britain's oldest and biggest hole in the ground

They were digging for slate at Delabole when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and they still are digging today. In fact, the Delabole slate quarry has probably been around for about... »

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