| P number: | P526449 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Hopeman sandstone, Hopeman, Moray. |
| Description: | Sample of Hopeman sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a pale pinkish-brown colour. The Hopeman sandstones have been used in recent years as a common replacement stone for building repair work in Edinburgh. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 2. There are several well-known sandstone quarries in the Permian and Triassic 'New Red Sandstones' of Moray. The most common are Cuttieshillock, Clashach, Greenbrae and Spynie. The so-called 'Sandstones of Hopeman' used in recent years have been from Greenbrae and Clashach quarries. They have yielded much good stone in a variety of colours including white, red, pink and brown. Clashach has recently been used for several major buildings in Edinburgh. The quarries are also famous for yielding fossil reptilian fauna, specimens of which may be seen in the Elgin Museum and the National Museum of Scotland. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 298.88 KB; 775 x 1000 pixels; 66 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 205 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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