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| Reference | N10 |
| NAME | Ledmore |
| TYPE | Marble |
| GEOLOGY | Caledonian |
| COUNTY | Sutherland |
| COLOUR | Pale green with white veining |
| TEXTURE | Variable veined and brecciated texture |
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| USES (1) | HQ Historic Scotland |
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| Stone Names |
| Ledmore Marble | Ledmore Marble has been sourced from two adjacent quarries near Ledmore Junction in Sutherland. The stone consisted originally of lime mud that was deposited on the floor of a shallow sea during the Cambrian Period (c. 515 million years ago), when Scotland was south of the Equator at roughly the same latitude as South Africa is today. Intense heating when magma of the adjacent Loch Borralan Syenitic Pluton was emplaced during the Silurian Period (roughly 430 million years ago) coverted the carbonate rock to serpentine-bearing marble. Ledmore Marble was used to make decorative artefacts. Ledmore Marble is not quarried for building stone today. | Ledmore Marble — Building Stone Database Scotland (bgs.ac.uk) |