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Author: Elizabeth Laycock

Pennine Sandstone (Yorkshire) H2 H5 -H10

  H2H5H6 Reference H2 H5 H6 NAME Howley Park Cromwell Rustic Cromwell TYPE Sandstone Sandstone Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire COLOUR Buff Buff/cream to grey Green/brown to blue/grey TEXTURE Fine to medium grained Fine grained Fine grained  BLOCK SIZE…

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Carboniferous

Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

        E9E10F1 F2F3F4 F5F6F7 F8F9F10 G1G2G3 G4G5H1 H2H5H6 H7H8H9 H10

Carboniferous

Coal Measures Sandstone. Yoredale Group – Cumbria (E5 – E8)

E5 E6 E7 E8

Carboniferous

Intro: Bearl Sandstone (E4)

  Bearl Sandstone Reference E4 NAME Bearl TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Lower Carboniferous COUNTY Northumberland COLOUR Grey TEXTURE Medium to coarse grit  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, building, grindstones and carving  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Carboniferous

Intro: Caithness Stone flags (E3)

Caithness Flagstone Caithness Flagstone was quarried from more than seven hundred sites in Caithness. The stone consisted originally of mud and fine sand that was deposited in layers on the floor of a lake filling a large inland basin (the Orcadian Basin) during the middle part of the Devonian Period (c. 390 million years ago),…

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Devonian

Intro: Totternhoe Clunch Chilmark Limestone (E1)

<stone name> Reference E1 NAME Totternhoe Clunch TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Portland Group COUNTY Wiltshire COLOUR Cream with fine green flecks TEXTURE Fine grained. No shell but glauconite grains visible  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 500mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Building and monumental  USES (1) Salisbury Cathedral  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Jurassic

Intro: Beer (D10) Sandstone

  Beer Sandstone Reference D10 NAME Beer TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic COUNTY Devon COLOUR Predominantly pale yellow, cream or grey, with some orange and pink variations. TEXTURE Fine to medium-grained sandstone with some thin, shale partings.  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling,cladding,paving  USES (1) Exeter Cathedral  USES (2) Castle Drogo  USES (3) Buckfast Abbey  USES…

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Limestone

Newington Rag Limestone

Newington Rag Limestone <NOTE:  CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation The Newington Rag Limestone is a geological formation that is part of the Lower Greensand Group (Woods, 2001). The Lower Greensand Group is a series of sedimentary rocks that were deposited during the Early Cretaceous period, which occurred…

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Cretaceous

Folkestone Rag Limestone

Folkestone Rag Limestone <NOTE:  CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation The Folkestone Rag Limestone is a geological formation that is part of the Lower Greensand Group. The Lower Greensand Group is a series of sedimentary rocks that were deposited during the Early Cretaceous period, which occurred between 145…

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Cretaceous

Purbeck Limestone

Purbeck Limestone <NOTE:  CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation The Purbeck Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is found in the Purbeck Hills of Dorset, England. The stone dates back to the Late Jurassic period, which occurred between 163.5 and 145 million years ago. It is a type…

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Jurassic

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