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Google Map showing quarry locations (KMZ on Google drive link)
Category: Triassic
Intro: Cove Sandstone (K3)
Reference K3 NAME Cove TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Red TEXTURE Fine grained. Bedding structures often visible BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2000x1000x400mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and engineering USES (1) Great St. Helens, London USES (2) Stag Place Piazza, London USES (3) Scottish National Gallery, Glasgow USES (4) Stone Names
Intro: Gatelawbridge Sandstone (K1)
Reference K1 NAME Gatelawbridge TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Warm red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving USES (1) Kilmarnock Sheriff Court USES (2) Caledonia Hotel, Edinburgh USES (3) Elphinstone House, Glasgow USES (4) Paisley Post Office, Glasgow Stone Names
Intro: St Bee’s Red Sandstone (J9)
Reference J9 NAME Red St. Bees – BANK END TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. St. Bees Sandstone COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Dull red. Darkens considerably when wet TEXTURE Very fine grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 900mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, walling and weathering courses USES (1) 52-55 Picadilly, London USES (2) 25-26 Lovatt Lane, London…
Intro: Myddle Sandstone (J8)
<stone name> Reference J8 NAME Myddle TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Shropshire COLOUR Bright red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
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…