| P number: | P526477 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Hopetoun sandstone, Hopetoun Quarry, West Lothian. |
| Description: | Sample of Hopetoun sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a very pale buff-orange colour. Sandstone from Hopetoun was used in the construction of the Edinburgh New Town. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 30. Hopetoun stone is known to be a relatively pure, hard and compact building stone, sometimes known as 'Hopetoun White'. Three separate quarries were worked at Hopetoun, and they have a very long history, with the earliest reference at 1697. Production ceased in the early 20th century. The stone is from the Binny Sandstone of the Carboniferous West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 258.37 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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