OLD SPANISH QUARRIES
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N 29° 52.803 W 081° 17.102
17R E 472476 N 3305528
OLD SPANISH QUARRIES
Waymark Code: WMVJH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2006
Views: 66
About 200 yards south-east of this point are the remains of the King's Coquina Quarries. (Coquina, a type of limestone composed of mollusk shells and sand, is found along the north-east coast of Florida.) Coquina was used in the building of many early colonial structures in St. Augustine, including the fortress Castillo de San Marcos (1672-1696).
There is an active cache and a virtual cache very close to this site.
Marker Number: F-229
Date: 1974
County: St Johns
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: ST. JOHNS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Website: Not listed
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