| P number: | P519317 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Rock specimen of flagstone from Spittal Quarry, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. |
| Description: | Sample of paving flagstone presented to the Geological Survey in 1910. This specimen is of Devonian age. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC5787. View showing thinly-bedded laminated nature (bottom), and tooled upper part showing chisel marks. Paving material was initially shipped to urban centres along the east coast of Scotland and England, but soon gained a world-wide reputation, being exported as far away as Australia and South America. Caithness paving was used in London for the Strand and Euston Station concourse. Size of specimen: 15x15x5 cm. Munsell colour code and colour N4, medium dark grey. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | MC5787 |
| X longitude/easting: | 316800 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 956800 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 99.77 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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