| P number: | P601170 |
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| Caption: | Southwell Minster. |
| Description: |
Building of the Norman Minster began in 1108. It has been altered and added too into the late 18th century. The Minster is constructed of pale yellow-buff, sandy dolomitic limestone, block from the Cadeby Formation (Upper Permian). The original stone quarries were at Mansfield where the limestone was still quarried until 2004, as White Mansfield Stone. A noticeable weakness of the stone is the presence of sporadic thin, green, clay seams which cause the stone to split and fail over time. The ashlar limestone facing stone covers a rubble-fill of poorer quality, local greenish-grey, dolomitic skerry sandstone from the Mercia Mudstone Group (Triassic). Recent repairs have been carried out using yellow-buff, ooidal and shelly limestone from the Clipsham Quarries (Lincolnshire Limestone Formation, Middle Jurassic). |
| Photographer: | Witney, P. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 407020 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 305350 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 482.25 KB; 800 x 1000 pixels; 68 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 212 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Stone and the built heritage (Building Britain) |
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