| P number: | P212709 |
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| Old photograph number: | A13732 |
| Caption: | Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire. |
| Description: | Sited on high ground formed by an outlier of Lower Cretaceous rocks the tower at the west end of Ely Cathedral dominates this eastern edge of the Fens. The tower is perhaps one of the most distinctive in Britain. It is constructed principally of shelly and oolitic limestone imported from the medieval quarries at Barnack near Stamford. The cathedral is sited on a small, level, free-draining plateau formed by the Lower Greensand, reportedly on the site of a minster founded in 673 A.D. by Ethelreda, daughter of a king of the East Angles. The bulk of the cathedral, including the imposing west front, is composed of oolitic limestone (Barnack Stone) from the Middle Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone Formation of the Stamford area and was transported to Ely by barge through the Fenland waterways. Barnack Stone, a shelly and oolitic limestone quarried from the Lincolnshire Limestone near Stamford, is perhaps one of our most famous building stones. Limestone from these quarries was used to build many of the most important medieval buildings in the East Midlands and East Anglia. Owned by Peterborough Abbey the stone was transported via the local rivers and Fenland waterways to build Ely, Ramsey, Crowland and Sawtry abbeys. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1979 |
| Photographer: | Collins, R.E. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 553000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 280200 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 258.12 KB; 819 x 1000 pixels; 69 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 217 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Named locality |
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