P number: | P526510 |
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Caption: | Specimen of Cullalo sandstone, Cullalo Quarry, Aberdour, Fifeshire. |
Description: | Sample of Cullalo sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a very pale orange-buff colour. This specimen is of Carboniferous age. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 63. Cullalo sandstone was used to repair the High Kirk of St. Giles in Edinburgh between 1829 and 1833, where the greater part of the building (with the exception of the Medieval Tower and the 19th century additions) was encased in the stone. The fine-grained Cullalo sandstone is mostly polished or lightly tooled and has a greyish colour and is slightly micaceous. A few stones exhibit cross-bedding, and on the whole the stone has weathered well, with only a few, rare ironstone concretions which are weathering out. |
Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
Photographer: | Unknown |
Copyright statement: | Unknown |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 273.03 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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