NAME OF QUARRY.

NEAREST POST TOWN.

COUNTY.

COLOUR OF STONE.

Weight

Per Foot

Cube in Lbs.

WHERE USED, AND REMARKS.

English Limestones.

Cretaceous.

Beer . . .

Axminster .

Devonshire . .

Light brown . .

131.7

Cathedral and St. Peter's, Exeter. Soft when first quarried, hard when seasoned, does not stand well in London.

TOTTENHOE . .

Dunstable .

Bedfordshire .

Greenish white . .

...

Dunstable Priory; Luton, and many other churches; Fonthill House; Woburn Abbey. Weathers badly.

Iguanodon, etc. . .

Maidstone .

Kent . .

Blue grey, or greenish grey

166.6

Kent Rag. See Remarks, p. 64.

Oolitic.

Purbeck Beds.

Purbeck . . .

Swanage . .

Dorsetshire .

Brownish grey . .

169.2

Much used for paving. Very durable, but wears rather slippery.

Seacombe . . .

Purbeck . .

Do. . .

Light grey . . .

149.3

The whitbed from this quarry a very superior stone, of a good colour, strong, and very durable under wear. Very good for stairs. Used for lighthouse at Margate, Winchester Prison, numerous churches, etc.

Do. . .

Do. . .

Do.

Very light brown .

151.0

Portland Oolite.

Chilmark . . .

Salisbury. . .

Wiltshire . .

Light greenish grey

153.5

See Remarks, p. 63.

Portland Quar-

RIES . .

Portland . .

Dorsetshire .

Whitish brown . .

Roach 155

See Remarks, p. 60.

whitbed 145

Curf 144

Basebed 137

TlSBURY . .

Salisbury . .

Wiltshire . .

Light greenish grey.

Wardour . . .

Do. . .

Do. . .

Do.

Coralline Oolite.

Headington .

Oxford . .

Oxfordshire .

Blue and brown tints

...

Generally too soft and friable for building. Contains from 91 to 96 per cent carbonate of lime. The worst beds have been used for colleges and churches in Oxford. Has weathered badly, but stood best at Wadham College.

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COUNTY.

COLOUR OP STONE.

Weight

Per Foot

Cube in Lbs.

WHERE USED, AND REMARKS.

English Limestones - (continued).

HlLDENLEY . .

Malton . . .

Yorkshire . .

Whitish cream . .

130.6

Resembles indurated chalk. Used for paving. Kirkham Priory; columns of chapel, Castle Howard.

Great and Upper Oolite.

AncASTER . .

Sleaford . . .

Lincolnshire . .

White, yellow, pink .

160

Compaot, fine grained. Works like Bath stone. Becomes harder after quarried. Weathers well. Used for Belvoir Castle; Wollaton Hall. At St. Pancras Station for dressings.

Bail's Green . .

Minchinhampton

Gloucestershire . .

White . . .

...

Known as Painswick stone. Very uniform in grain. Used for New Houses of Parliament, etc. Good for staircases.

Barnac Mill . .

Stamford . . .

Northampton . .

Light brown . . .

136.7

Shelly limestone. Much used for churches in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and North Suffolk. Peterloo College; Croy-land Abbey.

Box Hill . . .

Bath . . .

Somersetshire . .

Cream . . .

123.

See Remarks, p. 60.

Casterton . . .

Stamford . .

Rutland . . .

Light brown . . .

Known as Stamford marble. Ely Cathedral; Buildings in Stamford; New Record Office, Fetter Lane.

Charlbdry . .

Charlbury . .

Oxford . . .

...

...

Contains from 83 to 91 per cent carbonate of lime. Oxford Barracks.

Clipsham . . .

Do. . .

Do. . . .

...

113.

Buildings in Stamford: Ely and Peterborough Cathedrals; Ex-ton, Uppingham, Melton Mowbray, Astley, and other churches.

Combe Down . .

Bath . . .

Somersetshire . .

Cream . . .

116.

See Remarks, p. 60.

Doultino (Old Down) . .

Shepton Mallet

Do. . .

Light brown . . .

130.3

A shelly granular limestone. Very regular and uniform in texture; free working, and very durable. Wells Cathedral, Glastonbury Abbey.

DOWDESWELL .

Cheltenham . .

Gloucestershire

...

.. .

Christ Church, St. Luke's, and other churches in Cheltenham.

DUNDOY . .

Bristol . .

Do. . .

...

...

St. Mary's, Redcliffe. Has weathered badly.

Farleigh Down

Bath . . .

Somersetshire . .

Cream . . . .

122.7

See Remarks, p. 60.

Hamdon Hill . .

Yeovil . . .

Do. . .

Light orange brown .

141.6

Shelly granules. Beds from 6 inches to 8 feet thick. Very unequal in quality. The best are very durable and strong. The stone is sawn with a tooth saw.

Haydor . .

Grantham . .

Lincolnshire .

Brownish cream colour

133.7

Essential that this stone should be set upon its natural bed. Lincoln Cathedral; Boston, Grantham, Newark, and other churches; Culverthorpe House; Belvoir Castle.

Painswick . . .

Stroud . .

Gloucestershire

Cream colour . .

...

Known as Painswick stone. Very uniform in grain. Used for New Houses of Parliament, etc.

PUDDLECOTE . .

Charlbury . .

Oxfordshire . .

Light brown . .

...

Largely used in Oxford in the twelfth century. Used at Chat-ford, Dean, Chilson, and Burton-on-the-Water.

RUSKINGTON . .

Ancaster . . .

Lincolnshire . .

Cream coloured.

Shepton Mallet

...

Somersetshire . .

Do.

St. Giles and others

Lincoln . . .

Lincolnshire . .

...

...

Lincoln Cathedral. There are two or three quarries round Lincoln for building stone.

Tainton . . .

Burford . . .

Oxfordshire . .

Streaky brown . .

136.

A shelly oolite. Grains soft and chalky. Absorbs water freely. Blenheim House; churches in Oxford; interior of St. Paul's Cathedral; Byland Abbey.

Windrush, Hard

Windrush . .

Gloucestershire

Cream . . .

135.9

Some beds shelly. Some of even grain. Windrush House; Barrington House.

Do. Soft

Do. . .

Do. . .

Do. . . .

118.1

Yeovil . .

Yeovil . .

Somersetshire .

Greenish grey . .

...

Used for bridges over Worcester, Shropshire, and Wolverhampton Railway.

Do. . .

Do. . .

Do. .

Brownish yellow . .

...

Do. do.

Do. . .

Do. . .

Do. .

Lias.

Keinton . . .

Somerton. . .

Somerset . . .

Blue grey . .

...

Paving, building, and lime.

Ketton . . .

Kelton . . .

Rutlandshire . .

Cream and pink .

128.3

Very good durable stone, oolitic grains well denned; flt for stairs, plinths, mullions, and other dressings. St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street; the modern part of Peterborough and Ely Cathedrals; Sandringham Hall, etc. etc.; St. Pancras Railway Station.

Ketton Rag . .

Do. . .

Do. . .

White . . .

155.7

The rag beds are white, cemented with highly crystallised carbonate of lime. The crash is of a dark brown colour, very coarse, full of shells, distinct ova, and very ferruginous.

Load Bridge .

Langport. . .

Somerset . .

Blue grey . . .

...

Langport and Somerset churches.

Rimpton . .

...

Do. . .

Light slate colour .

...

Used for flags and landings.

Sparkford . .

Castle Cary . .

Dorset . . .

Some white, some blue

....

Used for bridges on Worcester, Shropshire, and Wolverhampton Railway.

Sutton . . .

Bridgend . . .

Glamorganshire

Very light . .

136.0

Used for Llandaff Cathedral, Neath Abbey, Corby Castle, etc.

Wilmcote . . .

Stratford-on-Avon

Warwickshire . .

Some white, some blue

...

Several beds; some polish like marble. Used for paving.

Magnesian Limestone.

Anston -

Norfall Quarry

South Anston .

Yorkshire . .

Cream brown . .

144.0

Used in Houses of Parliament for the structure generally.

Stone Ends . .

Do. .

Do. . .

Do. . .

144.2

Used in Houses of Parliament for plinths of building towards river.

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English Limestones - (continued).

Magnesian Limestone.

Aycliff . . .

Darlington . .

Durham . . .

Grey . . .

165

Used for building in the district.

Bolsover Moor .

Chesterfield .

Derbyshire .

Light yellowish brown

151.7

Used for Southwell Church, and for paving. This stone was first chosen for the Houses of Parliament, but the quantity required was more than qurries could supply.

Bramham Moor .

Tadcaster. .

Yorkshire . .

Warm brownish yellow.

Brodsworth .

South Milford .

Do. . .

Light brown . .

133.6

Hard and soft beds; central beds the best. Doncaster old Church, Brocklesby Hall, etc.

Cadeby . . .

Doncaster . .

Do. . .

Cream . . .

126.6

A friable stone; central beds the best Used at Day and Martin's, High Holborn; Almshouses, Edgeware.

HUDDLESTONE .

Sherburne . .

Do. . .

Whitish cream . .

137.8

Hard veins occur in the stone. Used for York Minster; Selby Cathedral; Huddlestone Hall; Sherburne Church, Swindon; Westminster Hall; the Cross opposite Charing Cross Station.

Jackdaw Craig .

Tadcaster. .

Do. . .

Dark cream . . .

...

York Minster, and probably most of the churches in York. A good stone, but requires careful selection. Lowest bed is the best stone.

Mansfield, Yellow

Mansfield Wood-house

Nottinghamshire

Yellow . . .

145.8

See Remarks, page 66.

MlCKLEFIELD . .

South Milford .

Yorkshire .

Cream . . .

....

Very good stone; much used in York and Leeds.

Park Nook . .

Do. .

Do. . .

Do. . . .

137.2

Subject to pot-holes containing calcareous spar. Used for Pon-tefract old Church, Campsall Lodge, etc.

Roche Abbey

Bawtry . .

Do. . .

Whitish cream . .

139.1

Stone weathers black, and in lines according to the beds. Roche Abbey; Deanery, York; Tukhill Church and Castle; Blyth Church; Bawtry Church; several other churches in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire; Toxteth Church and Hall; Os-berton and Writton Churches, Nottinghamshire.

Smawse . .

Tadcaster . .

Do. . .

Light yellowish brown

127.5

Stone crisp and brittle; not fit for steps. Ripon Minster; repairs York and Beverley Minsters , Hull old Church; St. Mary's Church, Beverley.

Steetley . . .

Worksop . .

Nottinghamshire

White . . .

128.2

Used for Houses of Parliament; Steetley Church; Abbey Church,

Searborough; Doncaster.

Do. . .

Do. . .

Do. .

Yellow . . .

130.6

Tadcaster . .

Tadcaster . .

Yorkshire . .

Cream.

WOODHOUSE . .

Mansfield . .

Nottinghamshire

Cream brown . .

145.8

Used for lower part of river front of nouses of Parliament; Southwell Church; Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford.

Carboniferous.

Harmby . .

Northallerton .

Yorkshire . .

Grey . . .

....

Beds 6 to 4 feet thick. Used for building and for lime.

Hopton Wood .

Wirksworth . .

Derbyshire . .

Do. . .

158.4

A sort of marble, fine-grained; compact; will take a polish; in large blocks. Good for steps, paving, etc; weathers well Used at Chatsworth; Belvoir Castle; paving part of Abing-

NIDDERDALE

Pateley Bridge

Yorkshire . .

Do. . . .

166.6

An enerinitic marble, a mass of fossil lilies.

Devonian.

Brixham . . .

Brixham . . .

...

...

...

Breakwater, Torbay; Dawlish sea wall; paving, etc.

POMPHLET . .

Plymouth . .

...

...

...

See Marbles.

Scotch Limestones

BURDIEHOUSE .

Edinburgh . .

...

...

...

Very few of the Scotch limestones are used for building.

Crighton . . .

Do. . .

...

....

...

Irish Limestones.

Carboniferous.

Adare . . .

Adare . .

Limerick . . .

Dark blue . . .

...

Adare Manor House

Angliham . ..

Galway . . .

Galway . . .

Do. . . .

...

Full of shells. Can be got in large blocks.

Ardbraocan . .

Navan . .

Meath . ...

Light grey . . .

Very crystalline; works well. Cullen Church; Ardbrachen House

Ards-Caledon .

Caledon . .

Tyrone . . .

Greyish blue . .

Roman Catholic chapel and buildings in Caledon.

Armagh, Navan . .

Armagh . .

Armagh . . .

Light pinkish grey . .

160

Very fossiliferous , takes a good polish; when polished is yellow, when tooled white; large blocks obtainable. Used for houses in Armagh, and chimney-pieces.

Ballakiltry . .

Waterford . .

Waterford . .

Dark grey . . .

...

Close-grained marble; takes a polish; weathers badly , buildings in Waterford.

Ballinafad . .

Ballinafad . .

Sligo . . .

Light grey . . .

...

Works freely. Used for ashlar, Rockingham House, etc.

Ballinasloe . .

Galway . . .

Bluish . . .

...

Polishes well. Used for dressings and monumental purposes.

Ballintemple . .

Cork . . .

Cork . . .

Light grey . . .

173.4

Close grained and compact; works freely and very well; good for carving; large blocks. Point House, Savings Bank, public buildings in Cork.

Ballisadare . .

Ballisadare . .

Sligo . . .

Dark greyish blue .

...

Compact texture; works well, Victoria Bridge, Sligo.

Ballyconnell . .

Ballyconnell . .

Cavan . . .

Bluish grey . .

. ..

Hard. Ballyconnell Bridge, lock, mill, etc.

Ballyshannon . .

Ballyshannon .

Donegal . . .

Brownish grey . .

...

Compact slightly crystalline; works freely. R. C. Chapel, barracks, etc., at Ballyshannon.

Barley Hill . .

Carrickmacross.

Monaghan . .

Dark blue . .

...

Rather difficult to work

Brackernagh . .

Ballinasloe . .

Galway . .

Grey . . .

...

Close grained, full of fragments of fossils; rather difficult to work.

Browns Hill . .

Carlow . .

Carlow . .

Dark blue . . .

...

Full of pearl spar and crystals of quartz; unfit for fine work. Buildings in Carlow.

Carrick Slaim . .

Carrick-on-Shannon

Leitrim . . .

Light blue-grey . .

...

Carrick-on-Shannon Bridge.

Carrickcocagh . .

Enniskillen . .

Fermanagh .

....

...

Not difficult to work; of excellent quality.

Carrigacrump . .

Cloyne . .

Cork . . .

Dark grey . .

...

Laminated; easily worked; large blocks. Bank of Ireland, Cork.

Cashel . .

Lanesborough .

Longford . .

Whitish grey . .

...

Not very compact; found in large blocks. Athlone Bridge; Longford Chapel.

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Irish Limestones (continued).

Churchtown . .

Newcastle . .

Limerick . . .

Light grey . .

...

Irregular beds. Courthouse and Workhouse, Newcastle.

Clare Castle . .

Ennis . . .

Clare . .

Grey . . .

...

Very close grained; tough; easily worked; large blocks. Cork Harbour forts.

Clorhann . . . .

Shannon Bridge

King's County . .

Grey . . . .

...

Shannon works.

Cogans Field . .

Boyle . . .

Roscommon . .

Bluish grey . . .

...

Works well and freely.

Cong . . . .

Ballinrobe . .

Galway . . .

...

...

An excellent stone; can be got in blocks of any size.

Crossdown . .

Oldcastle . . .

Meath . . .

Whitish grey . . .

...

Works freely; can be obtained in large blocks.

Drogheda . . .

Drogheda . .

Do. . . .

...

...

Very brittle; fine grained; hard to work. Drogheda Barracks.

Dublin, Rathgar, Kimmage, and several quarries

Dublin . . .

Dublin . . .

Light grey to black

...

Calp limestone; used chiefly for building purposes, and the spawls for metal; alternates with beds of hard and soft slate. A good stone; weathers well. Used for old St. Patrick's Cathedral, Trinity College, Portobello Barracks, and public buildings.

Dunamase . .

Maryborough . .

Queen's County

Grey . . .

...

Lunatic Asylum, Maryborough.

DUNKIT . .

Waterford . .

Kilkenny . . .

Blue . . .

...

Used for railway bridges, etc.

Farm Gate, Moyour

Westport. . .

Mayo . . .

Grey . . .

...

Courthouse and houses, Westport.

Farren . . .

Killorglin . .

Kerry . . .

Do. . . .

...

Killarney Cathedral and Lunatic Asylum.

Fermoy . . .

Fermoy . . .

Cork . .

Light bluish grey . .

171.1

FlNGLAS . . .

Dublin . . .

Dublin . .

Black . . .

....

Extensively used for building.

FOYNES . . .

Foynes . . .

Limerick . . .

Blue . . .

...

Railway Station, Foynes; Kilrush, Kildegrat piers. A good stone for engineering work.

GlLLOGUE . .

Limerick . . .

Do. . . .

Dark when quarried, afterwards white

...

Yields a good hydraulic lime. Used at Floating Basin, Limerick Docks.

Graigue . . .

Carlow . . .

Carlow . . .

Blue grey . . .

.. .

Close grained; conchoidal fracture; works well.

Great Meadow, Grevish,

Boyle . . .

Roscommon . .

Light bluish grey . .

...

Found in large blocks; becomes white on exposure.

Greor . . .

Longford . . .

Longford . . .

Light grey . . .

...

Large blocks obtainable. Used for Baron Lefroy's house, Carni-glan.

Hoole . . .

Fethard . . .

Wexford . . .

....

...

Used for building; makes hydraulic lime.

HOWTH . . .

Howth . . .

Dublin . . .

Grey and dark blue

...

Used for rubble; makes good hydraulic cement.

Kenmare . . .

Kemnare . . .

Kerry . . .

Grey . . .

...

Slaty; hard to work. Used for Suspension Bridge.

KlLLARNEY . .

Killarney . .

Do. . .

Do. ...

...

Hard; even grained; difficult to work. Several quarries near Killarney, some yielding flags used for Muckross Abbey.

KlLMALLOCK . .

Kilmallock . .

Limerick . . .

Blue . . .

165

Easily worked; compact. Railway bridges, stations, etc.

Lanesborough . .

Lanesborough . .

Longford . . .

Dark grey . . .

...

Works freely; polishes well. Shannon works; Lanesborough Bridge.

Lecarrow . . .

...

Roscommon . .

Light blue . . .

...

Good for dressings.

Lersclip . . .

....

Kildare . . .

Black . . .

...

Do. do.

Limerick . . .

Limerick .

Limerick . . .

Blue . . .

165

Easily worked; compact. Docks, bridges, etc.

LlSBURY . . .

...

....

Dark . . .

157 to 167

Compact; easy to work. Nenagh Gaol.

LlSMORE . . .

Lismore . . .

Waterford . .

Brown and light grey

....

Some hard and brittle; not difficult to work.

Listowel . . .

Listowel . . .

Kerry . . .

Dark bluish grey .

172.1

Barracks and Bridewell, Listowel. Dense, close grained, free working, with fossils and crystalline fragments.

Little Island .

Cork . . .

Cork . . .

Light grey . . .

...

Very fossiliferous; works freely. Used for forts, Spike Island.

Mallow . . .

Mallow . . .

Do. . . .

Do. . . .

...

Contains grains of quartz; slaty; not difficult to work.

Mealwood . . .

Carrick-on-Shannon .

Leitrim . . .

Blackish . . .

...

Rather difficult to work.

Meelick . . .

Killaloe . . .

Mayo . . . .

Dark grey . . .

...

Irregular fracture; large blocks. Moyne and Rossock Abbeys. Has weathered well.

Moneen, Wakefield

Castleton . .

Do. . . .

Blue-grey . . .

...

Used for barracks and gaol. Some thin black marble makes good rubble.

Mubb Hill, and several quarries

Dundalk . . .

Louth . . .

...

...

Works freely.

Nooaff . . .

Ennis . . .

Clare . . .

Grey . . . .

...

Courthouse, Ennis.

Parsonstown . .

Parsonstown . .

King's County .

Bluish grey . . .

...

Large flat-bedded blocks and flagging.

PORTUMNA . .

Portumna . .

Tipperary . .

Black . . . .

...

Earthy; not fit for ashlar; fit for other heavy work. Portumna Bridge.

Red Cow, and other quarries

Dublin . . .

Dublin . . .

Grey to black . . .

...

Good serviceable stone for general building purposes.

Shandon . . .

Dungarvan . .

Waterford . . .

Light grey . .

...

Siliceous; very difficult to work.

Sheep Hill . .

Drogheda . .

Louth . . .

Light blue . .

...

Not difficult to work. St. Peter's Church, Courthouse, Market, Drogheda.

Skerries . . .

Dublin . . .

Dublin . . .

Grey . . .

...

A good building stone; dresses well.

Terryland . .

Galway . . .

Galway . . .

Light grey . . .

...

Coarse grained; easily worked; large blocks. Used for Queen's College, Lough Corrib Docks, etc.

TULLAMORE . .

Tullamore . .

King's County.

Bluish . . .

....

Good for dressings and monumental work.

White Gate . .

Do. . .

Do. . . .

Bluish grey . .

..

Very close grained; large blocks; brittle. Used for Queen's College, Lough Corrib Docks, etc.