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8 locations recorded with this stone.

  1. 60, Great Portland StreetCladding and paving stones around building.IgneousTuffnear Oxford Circus
  2. Bachwen DolmenThe burial chamber is constructed from slabs of grey, glassy welded tuff.SedimentaryTuffnear Bangor
  3. Capel Garmon Chambered TombA Cotswold-Severn type chambered tomb built from locally outcropping cleaved tuffs.IgneousTuffnear Betws-y-Coed
  4. Carlton HouseSiliceous porphyritic tuffs used as building stone. These lack the slaty cleavage of the slates.IgneousTuffnear Betws-y-Coed
  5. Eagles HotelMain building stone. Probably built from the local Silurian sandstones.SedimentaryTuffnear Llanrwst
  6. Ebenezer ChapelThe walls of the Ebenezer Independent chapel are constructed of volcanic tuff.SedimentaryTuffnear Fishguard Harbour
  7. Penlan Fawr InnPosts supporting the porch and blocks in the rubble masonry. This is the oldest building in the town.IgneousTuffnear Pwllheli
  8. Penprys Stones at Oriel Plas Glyn-y-WeddwThese 6th Century AD memorial stones are each made from columnar joints from the local Llanbedrog Tuffs. Th…IgneousTuffnear Pwllheli