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Intro: Combe Down Limestone (B1)

Posted on 12 October 20239 April 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on Intro: Combe Down Limestone (B1)

150 x 150mm square sample of stone

NAME
Primary Colour Cream / Buff
Surface Appearance Oolitic/Pisolitic
Grain Sorting Moderately well sorted
Grain size Medium
Localities used at Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey: Walls
Prior Park, Bath: Ashlar/Facing Stone
Known use Modern uses include walling and dressed stone.
Known quarries Mount Pleasant Quarry, Combe Down,
Upper Lawn Quarry, Combe Down
Ref and further info Bath Stone – Combe Down

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