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A stone yard or workshop outdoors with several grey granite blocks lying on bare dirt. The front block has carved scrollwork along its edge, and two more carved blocks sit behind it. A thin trench of wet concrete runs along the left, with a hose beside it. Stacks of rough stone and dressed slabs are piled against a white wall in the background, and black-and-yellow striped safety posts stand at the left. No people are visible.

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