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Intro: Forest of Dean Bixhead (G7)

Posted on 23 July 202416 April 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on Intro: Forest of Dean Bixhead (G7)

150 x 150mm square sample of stone

G7
 NAME Forest of Dean BIXHEAD
TYPE Sandstone
GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures
COUNTY Gloucestershire
COLOUR Blue/grey with feint orange banding.
TEXTURE Fine to medium grained
 BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2100x900x900mm
SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, monumental and paving
 USES (1) The Compressor House, Royal Albert Dock, London
 USES (2) Dudley Castle, Shropshire
 USES (3) Various churches along the Welsh Borders
 USES (4)
Sandstone, Sedimentary

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