Lower Carboniferous
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174 locations recorded with this geological age.
- 'London Pub', Royal National HotelPanels of 'quarry-matched' stone on the rear entrance to the pub in the beer 'garden'. An excellent substit…
- 1, Rating RowStone used in the rubble masonry.
- 10-4 Pentonville RoadPaving around building. A black limestone with large, white fossils. Madrepore is a generic name for fossil…
- 122-124 Colmore RowStone cladding in the soffits of the doorway,
- 35, King StreetRecent sandstone wall-cladding on the left hand column to the left of the glass panel and door. A cross-bed…
- 40, Berkeley SquareLeaping Salmon sculpture by Michael Cooper, outside 40, Berkeley Square.
- 5, Aldermanbury SquareBlack stone used for seating bases.
- 8, Shirehall StreetStone dressings around windows and doors
- 8, St Paul's StreetNarrow, square section pillars either side of the large glass doors.
- Albert MemorialBuff geometric paving slabs around the monument.
- AlmshousesMain building stone.
- Bangor CathedralStone used for masonry in the the Cathedral walls.
- Bangor Independent SchoolQuoins and basement window dressings. It is not possible to access the grounds to take close-up photos.
- Bangor War MemorialMain building stone.
- Bank of ConwyMain building stone, a white weathering limestone rich in stylolites.
- Bardsey Wesleyan ChapelMain masonry of chapel.
- Beaumaris CastleStone used for rubble masonry in the Castle Walls.
- Bevin Boys MemorialStone used for standing stones and plaques.
- Bonvilston War Memorial #2Stone cross and landing stone (atop original medieval steps) in St Mary's churchyard.
- Boundary StreetPaving flags with well exposed ripples and other sedimentary structures.
- Boundary StreetPaving flags with well exposed ripples and other sedimentary structures.
- British Korean Veteran's MemorialLimestone boulders.
- British MuseumSteps and coping on retaining walls.
- British SchoolMain building stone.
- British SchoolSteps at the north gateway have spectacular fossils of colonial corals.
- Brushfield StreetPaving flags are a 'picture sandstone', with well developed liesegang bands.
- The Bulls HeadThe floor flags in the entrance to pub from the village green are a polished limestone with a large number…
- BUPA HouseArtwork 'Beneath the Skin' by Peter Randall-Page (1991) outside the Bury Street entrance of BUPA house.
- Burnaby MemorialPlinth and steps.
- Cabot SquareCladding on plant buildings at E end of the square.
- Cader Idris sculptureThe mountain depicted in the sculpture is Cader Idris and is made made from Woodkirk Sandstone from Leeds i…
- Cae Du DesignsDressings around the doorway and windows.
- Caernarfon CastleGritty sandstone and conglomerate used for window dressings and the horizontal stripes in the walls.
- Caernarfon CastleMain building stone.
- Caernarfon LibraryMain building stone.
- Cardiff CastlePink, yellow and grey mottled limestone used in the castle walls.
- Cardiff CastleGrey Limestone used in the castle walls.
- Castle DitchMain building stone.
- Castle HillPaving flagstones. Good examples of riven flags of York Stone, some with very well-preserved fossil rain dr…
- Castle Moat HouseNodular limestone used for the foundations.
- Castle StreetMain building stone.
- Chandos HouseMain building stone
- City Information Sign, BishopsgateStone plinth, with spectacular, large crinoid fossils.
- City Information Sign, BishopsgateStone plinth, with spectacular, large crinoid fossils.
- City Information Sign, MonumentThe stone plinth to the map and information sign has enormous fossils crinoids.
- Clements House (LSE)Paving and steps in porch
- Clifton ObservatoryThe main building material is the local limestone.
- Clio LoungeStone dressings around the doorway.
- Conwy Municipal OfficesStone used for the doorway, a white weathering limestone rich in stylolites.
- Conwy Station Car Park EntranceTwo large pillars at the entrance from the road.
- County HallStone used for steps, dressings and columns.
- County OfficesLimestone dressings around windows and quoins.
- Criccieth CastleSandstone dressings in the gatehouse and other doorways.
- Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #1A cliff with a cave or mine adit constructed from Lower Carboniferous Limestone.
- Deniol CenttreMain building stone.
- Doc Fictoria (Victoria Dock)Large blocks of limestone forming the edge of the quay are crammed with fossils.
- Ebenezer ChapelMain building stone.
- Edward's ButchersMain building stone, a white weathering limestone rich in stylolites.
- Eglwys-y-BeddStone arch around the doorway.
- Firstsite GalleryPaving outside the arts centre. A good place to spot fossils!
- Fountains Abbey Chapter HouseColumns in the chapter house. A grey calcarenite.
- Fountains Abbey InfirmaryPilasters in the Infirmary. A grey limestone with large crinoid ossicles and stems.
- Friars SchoolMain building stone.
- Glasdir LibraryMain building stone.
- Great Minster HouseWhite, cross-bedded limestone used as the main building stone.
- Guy the Gorilla SculptureThe sculpture of the gorilla is carved from a black crinoidal limestone, with purple fluorite in cavities.…
- Halfway HouseMain building stone.
- Harbour OfficesMain building stone.
- Heal'sPillars supporting portico.
- Holyhead Market CrossStone used for the cross and its pyramidal plinth.
- Holyhead RoadGateway in the wall.
- Home OfficePaving on walkways around the Home Office, and the cladding on the building. The stone has a honed finish,…
- Home OfficePaving on walkways around the Home Office, and the cladding on the building. The stone has a honed finish,…
- HSBC BankMain building stone.
- Insole CourtWest wall of Swiss Wing.
- Isalaw's HouseMain building stone. Isalaw, the pseudonym of Richard Jones, was a writer of hymns an a novelist.
- Islington & St Pancras CemeteryCentral Avenue, almost opposite junction with Tram Path; graves of Anne Littleton (d. 1866) and John Kenny…
- Jubilee ParkWalls and water features
- Lambeth Town Hall War MemorialStone used for the memorial plaque.
- Lancaster Cemetery ChapelPillars to entrance to Chapel.
- Llan BachMain building stone. Particularly coarse grained conglomerates from the locally derived Basement Beds.
- Llan BachThe stone around the doorway contains large brachiopod fossils of Daviesiella species.
- Llanbeblig ChurchRubble masonry. Various stones are used in the construction of the church. Ashlar blocks used for the quoin…
- Llanbeblig ChurchRubble masonry. Various stones are used in the construction of the church.
- Llanbeblig ChurchRubble masonry. Rubble masonry. Various stones are used in the construction of the church. This phase proba…
- Llandewi Velfrey War MemorialStone used to construct the war memorial.
- Manordeifi Old ChurchyardArch-topped grave memorial to Lieutenant Griffiths of Vaynor, with the inscription on a panel of black, fos…
- Market HallMain building stone.
- Memorial to General Gordon of KhartoumStone used for the plinth of the bronze statue of Gordon.
- Memorial to John L. HarperStone used for the memorial.
- Merchant Venturers AlmshousesThere are a few pieces of white, algal limestone within the rubble masonry of the King's Street facade of t…
- Mickelgate BarMain building stone used for the foundations. This stone was probably reused from Roman-period construction…
- More LondonPaving, steps and landscaping
- Museum Gardens Drinking FountainFoundations of the fountain.
- Museum Gardens Fossil TreeThis is a cobble located on the path between the Anglian Tower and Multangular Tower A pebble of the fossil…
- Museum Gardens Retaining WallA modern wall built to stabilise the SW side of the Roman Wall is constructed from glacial cobbles set in c…
- Nat West Bank, Market StreetMain building stone. One of the Millstone Grit Sandstones.
- Naval Services MemorialFigure.
- Netherbow WellheadMain building stone.
- Nevill Lane & New Street SquareDark, limestone paving.
- New Oxford HouseMain building stone.
- NHM Fossil TreeOrnamental fossil tree, standing outside the Natural History Museum. This tree was found in Craigleith Quar…
- Old Infirmary LaneMain building stone.
- Old Market Hall (WH Smiths)Main building stone.
- Our Lady's & St James's R.C. ChurchDressings and quoins.
- Ouse BridgeMain building stone, a coarse grained, pebbly gritstone. The exact stratigraphic and geographical provenanc…
- Penrhyn CastleMain building stone. Penmon Limestone is the main stone used in this building, but stone was also procured…
- Plas Alcock (So Chic)The oldest chimney in Bangor. A Medieval chimney, built from sandstone blocks, sits on top of the building…
- Plas BowmanFacing stone on Stryd Fawr.
- Plas Llanwnda (County Education Offices)Main building stone.
- Police StationStone cladding. This is a good location for fossil hunting!
- Poole Street FountainMain building stone. As well as some nice examples of Rugose corals, there are also pyrite nodules to be fo…
- Porth Amlwch Car ParkPedestrian areas of the car park are paved with riven sandstone slabs, which preserve very clear ripples.
- Porth Mawr (Exchequer Gate)Main building stone. This is a micritic, poorly fossiliferous variety of Penmon Limestone.
- Premier InnMain building stone.
- Queen's StaitheA wide variety of glacial erratic cobbles are used for paving on the Staithe. These include fossiliferous l…
- Redchurch StreetPaving flags are a 'picture sandstone', with well developed liesegang bands.
- Regenare SculptureStone used to construct the sculpture. Frosterley Marble is a local limestone. The back of the monument pro…
- Richmond SportMain building stone.
- Rockery, Botanic GardenThe stones from the rockery were brought from the limestone pavements of the Lancashire Pennines.
- Royal Festival HallColumns at the doorway on the elevated section of Concert Hall Approach. Just inside, better examples of th…
- Royal Festival Hall foyerPaving slabs of polished, crinoidal limestones. This stone is also used to great effect cladding the walls…
- Royal National HotelCladding on columns and panels adjacent to both the North and South entrances in the courtyard. Good exampl…
- Royal Welsh Yacht ClubQuoins aroun the arched gate in the town walls.
- Royal Welsh Yacht ClubMain building stone. This is a micritic, poorly fossiliferous variety of Penmon Limestone.
- Ryman's, 20 Temple StreetColumns.
- Sainsbury Wellcome CentreSeating area on the corner of Howland Street and Cleveland Street.
- Salem ChapelMain building stone, quoins and dressings. Two types of Penmon Limestone are used on this building. The fos…
- The ScotsmanMain building stone.
- Sculpture: DiogenistStone used for the figure of 'the Diogenist'. It is crowded with crinoid fragments, weathered out on the su…
- Sculpture: Monolith (Empyrean)Stone used for the sculpture. A biosparite packed with crinoid fragments.
- Segontium Roman FortPaving.
- Segontium Roman FortPaving around the well head.
- Seilo Welsh Calvinistic Methodist ChurchWalls along Gloddeath Avenue. Dressed limestone blocks.
- Shirehall StreetStone used for quoins.
- Simply Street CafeMain building stone.
- The SkerriesMain building stone.
- St Aelhearn's ChurchWindow dressings and 1622 date plaque.
- St Andrew's Preservation TrustMain building stone.
- St Andrews CastleMain building stone.
- St Andrews CathedralMain building stone.
- St Andrews Cathedral WallsMain building stone.
- St Andrews PierStones used to build the pier are local sandstones, including ironstones with distinctive ripple marks.
- St Gybi's ChurchStone used for quoins.
- St John the Baptist CathedralFossiliferous limestones used for pillars surrounding the doors.
- St John the Baptist CathedralFossiliferous limestones used for steps.
- St John the Baptist ChurchMain building stone of the Victorian phases.
- St Mary's and St Nicholas's ChurchYellow, cross-bedded sandstone parapets have been added to the east end of the church.
- St Mary's Church CaernarfonFoundations.
- St Mary's Church ConwyStone used in the window dressings.
- St Mary's Church, LlandudnoMasonry in the west wall.
- St Mary's Churchyard South WoodfordGodfrey Monument, Steps. The origin of this stone is unknown, but it is probably a Lower Carboniferous Lime…
- St Paul's Cathedral PiazzaPaving setts of various stones, presumably salvaged from Old St Paul's which was destroyed by the fire of L…
- St Stephen WalbrookTomb slabs in black limestone, much weathered.
- Statue of Samuel JohnsonPlinth of the statue.
- Tibetan Peace GardenBlack limestone used for seating and as the base for the mandala. This stone has very nice fossils.
- Time & Life BuildingAround the doorway of Loro Piano Store
- Time & Life BuildingStone used around doorway of the Michael Kors & Hermes stores.
- Town WallsStone used for construction of the walls.
- Town WallsMain stone used for the construction of the walls.
- Town Walls PlaquePlaque commemorating the acccesion of the town walls to the Borough of Caernarfon.
- Trinity HallDedication plaque.
- TwtilPaving stones with spectacular ripples.
- TwtilPaving stones with spectacular ripples.
- V&APaving in the porch and interior.
- ValentinoBlack limestone cladding
- Vintner's Place, QueenhitheMain building stone
- Vivian Park War MemorialMemorial to the WW1 fallen of the Byass Copper Works, Port Talbot
- Walled Garden WalkSarcohagi lids and tombstones next to the Tower.
- WarehouseMain building stone.
- The Water GateGateway in the Medieval town walls. This structure is built of a variety of stones, but the limestones are…
- Westferry Circus CrescentCladding above foundations.
- Windsor Parish ChurchyardGrave stones, now laid to form a path around the church.
- Yr HarbwrStone used for cladding the building and the walls around it.