Showing posts with label limestone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label limestone. Show all posts
Monday, 20 October 2014

English churches - building stones

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BGS Image ID:  P209976 Drewsteignton village square, Devon. Looking east. Drewsteignton village is sited high on the northern edge of D...
Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Mining subsidence in Ferniehill, Edinburgh, 2000

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BGS Image ID: P100363 Ferniehill, Gilmerton, Edinburgh. Limestone mine subsidence event, November 9th 2000 to March 2001; 'Tumbledow...
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Sunday, 20 July 2014

Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, Middle Jurassic limestone

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BGS Image ID: P212039 Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Looking north-east.  Malmesbury Abbey was constructed in the 12th cent...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Stone mason working on a capital, Bath & Portland Stone Firms Ltd.

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BGS image No:  P539472 Stone mason at work on a capital, Bath & Portland Stone Firms Ltd., West Wells Masonry Works, Corsham.  From ...
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Friday, 3 May 2013

St Mary's Church, Purton, Wiltshire

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BGS image ID: P210855 St Mary's Church, Purton, Wiltshire. Looking north-west. This Norman / Medieval church with its spire and cros...
Thursday, 11 April 2013

Stoop and room, Middleton Quarry and Mine, Gorebridge. Midlothian.

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BGS image ID: P000178 Middleton Quarry and Mine, Gorebridge. Midlothian. Stoop and room (pillar and stall) is an old method of mining ...
Friday, 29 March 2013

Raising a block of Portland Stone from the Seacombe Quarry, Worth Maltravers, Dorset

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BGS image ID: P023962 Raising a block of Portland Stone from the Seacombe Quarry,  Worth Matravers, Dorset.  The block, cut from th...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

St. Paul's Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset.

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BGS image ID: P023964 St. Paul's Quarry, Isle of Portland, Dorset. Splitting a block with a technique called 'plug and feather...