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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…
Information: Magnesian Limestone (A1 to A4) – Stone Library (shu.ac.uk) RELATED MATERIALS Cadeby Magnesian Limestone (A1) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/mag-lst-cadeby-a1/ Magnesian Limestone: Tadcaster (A2) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limestone-tadcaster-a2/ Magnesian Limestone Hazel Lane Yellow (A3) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limest…l-lane-yellow-a3/ Magnesian Limestone Hazel Lane Pink (A4) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limest…zel-lane-pink-a4/
Information: Magnesian Limestone (A1 to A4) – Stone Library (shu.ac.uk) RELATED MATERIALS Cadeby Magnesian Limestone (A1) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/mag-lst-cadeby-a1/ Magnesian Limestone: Tadcaster (A2) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limestone-tadcaster-a2/ Magnesian Limestone Hazel Lane Yellow (A3) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limest…l-lane-yellow-a3/ Magnesian Limestone Hazel Lane Pink (A4) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limest…zel-lane-pink-a4/
Reference A2 NAME Tadcaster TYPE Magnesian Limestone GEOLOGY Permian. Lower Magnesian Limestone COUNTY North Yorkshire COLOUR White/cream with patchy dark iron oxide TEXTURE Fine grained. Rhombic form in thin section BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 650-1000mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, heads cills and mullions USES (1) Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire USES (2) USES (3) USES (4)…
Information: Magnesian Limestone (A1 to A4) – Stone Library (shu.ac.uk) RELATED MATERIALS Cadeby Magnesian Limestone (A1) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/mag-lst-cadeby-a1/ Magnesian Limestone: Tadcaster (A2) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limestone-tadcaster-a2/ Magnesian Limestone Hazel Lane Yellow (A3) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limest…l-lane-yellow-a3/ Magnesian Limestone Hazel Lane Pink (A4) https://stonelibrary.shu.ac.uk/magnesian-limest…zel-lane-pink-a4/
<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
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…
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…
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…
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…