| P number: | P205309 |
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| Old photograph number: | A05375 |
| Caption: | Philpots Quarry, West Hoathly, Sussex. |
| Description: | The hard, fine grained, pale brown Ardingley Sandstones worked in this Lower Cretaceous succession at West Hoathly have been used extensively as a local building stone. The sandstone is cut from its bed, into manageable blocks, using traditional plug and feathers iron wedges and crowbars. The sandstone is generally quite soft when first quarried and commonly left exposed to harden. The sandstone is used as for ashlar block, fire places and ornamental work. Roughly dressed stone is used also for walling and chimney stacks. Quarrying for local building and roofing stones was formerly widespread in this area. The Ardingly Sandstone was the most extensively worked of several similar Lower Cretaceous sandstones and is still worked at this quarry today (2004). |
| Date taken: | Fri May 01 00:00:00 BST 1931 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 535500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 132500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 419.83 KB; 1001 x 715 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 189 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Building stones |
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