| P number: | P211281 |
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| Old photograph number: | A11638 |
| Caption: | Bishop Benedict's Tomb, St. Peter's Cathedral, Peterborough, Devon. |
| Description: | Thin beds of oyster-rich limestone occur locally in the Great Oolite Group, Blisworth Clay Formation at Alwalton. They can take a high polish and were used decoratively for columns and tombs in Peterborough Cathedral. The local fossiliferous limestone of the Blisworth Clay Formation, known as the Alwalton Marble, has been polished to produce this tomb effigy of Bishop Bendict in Peterborough Cathedral. Britain has few true metamorphic marbles to rival those from Italy and Spain, consequently, locally many different hard fossiliferous limestones were used for decorative work in churches and cathedrals. Alwalton in Peterborough Cathedral; Purbeck in Salisbury and Lincoln cathedrals; Frosterley in Durham Cathedral for example. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1972 |
| Photographer: | Evans, H.J. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 519500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 298500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 330.09 KB; 1000 x 793 pixels; 85 x 67 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 210 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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