Coal Measures Sandstone. Yoredale Group – Cumbria (E5 – E8)
E5 E6 E7 E8
Category: Sandstone
Intro: Bearl Sandstone (E4)
Bearl Sandstone Reference E4 NAME Bearl TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Lower Carboniferous COUNTY Northumberland COLOUR Grey TEXTURE Medium to coarse grit BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, building, grindstones and carving USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
Intro: Caithness Stone flags (E3)
Caithness Flagstone Caithness Flagstone was quarried from more than seven hundred sites in Caithness. The stone consisted originally of mud and fine sand that was deposited in layers on the floor of a lake filling a large inland basin (the Orcadian Basin) during the middle part of the Devonian Period (c. 390 million years ago),…
Intro: Beer (D10) Sandstone
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…