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7 locations recorded with this stone.

  1. Bath StationThe taxi turning circle behind the station is mainly tarmacced, but re-uses some old setts of Llanbedrog po…IgneousFelsitenear Bath Spa
  2. Capel BabellThe chapel is faced in a green felsite with excellent conchoidal fracture.IgneousFelsitenear Bangor
  3. Criccieth CastleMain building stone. The castle is built on a small stock, which has supplied the main building stone. A fe…IgneousFelsitenear Criccieth
  4. Newborough House (Dental Surgery)Main building stone. A porphyritic felsite.IgneousFelsitenear Pwllheli
  5. Oriel Plas Glyn-y-WeddwMain building stone. The local porphyritic felsite.IgneousFelsitenear Pwllheli
  6. Penlan Fawr InnThe building is constructed from roughly coursed rubble masonry including Llanbedrog Porphyry. This is the…IgneousFelsitenear Pwllheli
  7. St Aelhearn's ChurchA component of the rubble masonry of the church. Pink weathering felsites are sourced from various intrusio…IgneousFelsitenear Bangor