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Intro: Ledmore Marble (N10)

Posted on 7 March 202316 April 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on Intro: Ledmore Marble (N10)

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150 x 150mm square sample of stone

Reference N10
NAME Ledmore
TYPE Marble
GEOLOGY Caledonian
COUNTY Sutherland
COLOUR Pale green with white veining
TEXTURE Variable veined and brecciated texture
 BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm)
SUITABILITY
 USES (1) HQ Historic Scotland
 USES (2)
 USES (3)
 USES (4)
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)
Metamorphic Tags:Scotland Stone

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