| P number: | P519780 |
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| Caption: | Sandstone from Hopeman, Morayshire, Scotland |
| Description: | The sample is a cut and polished slab of Clashach sandstone which has been used for cladding. The edges of the block have been broken which allows the difference in colour between the polished and natural surfaces to be seen. The specimen is of Permian age. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 5799. Clashach quarry has a long history, and was run by the same operators as the nearby Greenbrae quarry. Both stones were often used together. Clashach is generally known as a fine-grained sandstone with a buff to fawn colour. It is a very hard stone to work and occurs in randomly sized blocks in the quarry face, with bed heights of up to 1.8m. Clashach stone has been used for restoration work at Fort George near Inverness, Elgin Cathedral, Newbattle Abbey in Dalkeith (1968), the Mitchell Library in Glasgow (during the 1970's when it was used as a replacement for the original Black Pasture stone) and also the Old Course Hotel in St. Andrews (1968). It was used in the construction of Moray House College, Edinburgh in 1970, and to restore the slabbed gun platforms on one of the Napoleonic Martello Towers on Hoy, Orkney in 1976. It has also been used for restoration work in Edinburgh Castle in 1978 and for a replacement window in Melrose Abbey in 1978. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 104.97 KB; 1000 x 785 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 208 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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