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Intro: Chilmark Limestone (D3)

Posted on 23 July 202416 April 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on Intro: Chilmark Limestone (D3)

150 x 150mm square sample of stone

Reference D3
NAME Chilmark
TYPE Limestone
GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Middle Chalk
COUNTY check? Devon
COLOUR White
TEXTURE Fine grained with limited shell content. Chalky texture
 BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1400mm depth on bed
SUITABILITY Building and carving
 USES (1) Westminster Abbey
 USES (2) St Stephen’s Crypt, Palace of Westminster
 USES (3) Exeter Cathedral
 USES (4)
Stone Names Tisbury Stone
Limestone, Sedimentary

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