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Creation Date
7-3-2011
Description
Old Spanish Quarries Marker, St Augustine, FL.
The text on the marker reads as follows : (Side 1)
" 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)."
Latitude, Longitude
29.88029444, -81.28553889
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr.
