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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Boghill Quarry, Hightown | Antrim |
| Site number: | 549 | ||
| ESCC: | EA | ||
| Locality Type: | Quarry (working) | Status: | local interest |
| Grid Reference: | J292802 Approximate | ||
| Google maps: | 54.65381,-5.99817 | ||
| County: | Antrim | Council area: | Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council |
| Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Lithostrat: | Antrim Lava Group, Upper Basalt Formation | ||
| Site Description | |
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| Highlights: | |
Tertiary basalt with zeolite minerals. | |
| Introduction: | |
This is a small active quarry in the Upper Basalt Formation. The area of principal mineralogical interest is an old part of the quarry near the entrance road and behind the quarry plant. | |
| Description: | |
The area comprises low quarry faces and an area of boulders and quarry rubble.
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| Conclusions: | |
Since the initial site visit in 1997, the quarry owners have cleared and covered the area for use in manufacturing concrete blocks [Harry Foy, personal communication 1999]. Unfortunately the quarry is now of low interest. | |
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| Minerals: | Analcite, Chabazite, Gyrolite, Stilbite, Thomsonite, Zeolites, Apophyllite, Stellerite |
| Rocks: | Amydaloidal Basalt, Andesite |
| Structures: | amygdales, vesicles |
| Access | |
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| Management: | |
Active quarry: access restricted. Monitor and collect material. | |
| Uses | |
| Uses: | Small, active quarry. |
| Record type: | ESCR report | Recorded by: | R. Nawaz and N.R. Moles |
| Entered by: | E M Porter | ||
| Last updated: | 07 MAY 68 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Boghill Quarry, Hightown, County Antrim, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=549. Accessed on 2026-11-05. |
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