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Purbeck stone refers to
building stone taken from a
series of
limestone beds
found in the
Upper Jur****ic to
Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Group,
found on the...
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Purbeck Marble is a
fossiliferous limestone found in the Isle of
Purbeck, a
peninsula in south-east Dorset, England. It is a
variety of
Purbeck stone...
- The Isle of
Purbeck is a
peninsula in Dorset, England. It is
bordered by
water on
three sides: the
English Channel to the
south and east,
where steep...
- the past
including amongst others the
Purbeck Beds,
Purbeck Formation,
Purbeck Limestone Formation and
Purbeck Stone.
Rocks of this age have in the past...
- and the Old Town have been
extensively quarried,
especially beds of
Purbeck Stone, as is
clearly evidenced in the
first British Geological Survey for...
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Dorset Purbeck stone Purbeck Marble, a
stone found on the Isle of
Purbeck Purbeck Ball Clay, a ball clay
found on the Isle of
Purbeck Purbeck Group, a...
- 2010, the
inhabitants banded together to
purchase a 1.5-tonne
block of
Purbeck stone to
place at the
entrance to ****terton,
carved with the hamlet's name...
- all
streets to be
adequately paved for
pedestrians with cobblestones.
Purbeck stone was
widely used as a
durable paving material.
Bollards were also installed...
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straightforward and
includes Portland and
Purbeck stone,
other limestones,
calcareous clays and shales.
Portland and
Purbeck stone are of
national importance as a...
- most
southerly part of the
Purbeck peninsula, and
comprises an
outcrop of
Portland Stone from the
overlying Lower Purbeck Stone. It is part of the Jur****ic...