| P number: | P526468 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Caithness Flagstone. |
| Description: | Sample of Caithness Flagstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a natural riven surface with a pale brownish-grey colour. This specimen is of Devonian age. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 21. The natural characteristics of the Caithness strata have been exploited by man from the earliest times. The ability of the rock to split into strong parallel-sided units provides a resource suitable for construction of walls, flagstones for paving and stone roofing tiles. When set in a vertical orientation flagstones were used for livestock fencing. Caithness paving material was initially shipped to urban centres along the east coast of Scotland and England, but soon gained a world-wide reputation, being exported as far away as Australia and South America. Caithness paving was used in London for the Strand and Euston Station concourse. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 242.57 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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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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