P number: | P526460 |
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Caption: | Specimen of Watts Cliffe Quarry, Elton, near Matlock, Derbyshire. |
Description: | Sample of Watts Cliffe Gritstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a pale lilac-grey colour. Watts Cliffe stone is a useful sandstone for repairs in Edinburgh. It is a particularly good substitute for Craigmillar stone which was used in rubble walls. This specimen is of Carboniferous age. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 13. By the middle of the 18th century the City of Edinburgh was cramped and could extend little further. The original reason for this tight cluster of buildings on a rocky hill had been defence, though in the sixteenth century there was a small expansion to the south within the Flodden Wall. |
Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
Photographer: | Unknown |
Copyright statement: | Unknown |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 268.99 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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