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Market Cross & Drinking Fountain

Purbeck Marble

  • Sedimentary
  • Limestone
  • Lower Cretaceous

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Location of Geological Feature
Drum of grey limestone beneath the basins.
Fossils
Freshwater mussels & gastropods
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Lower Cretaceous
Quarry Location
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK.
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Audley End
Address
Market Street, Saffron Walden CB10
Date of build
1863
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Stone identified by Ruth Siddall.
Market Cross & Drinking Fountain — Purbeck Marble
Purbeck Marble at Market Cross & Drinking Fountain
    Entry submitted by SWCHS Geology & R. Siddall

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