Market Cross & Drinking Fountain

Location Details

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Location of Geological Feature

Circular base and steps to the cross and fountain.

Rock Type

Sandstone

Geological Age

Upper Carboniferous

Quarry Location

Various locations in the Pennines, Lancashire & West Yorkshire, England, 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.

Suggest an Edit     Entry submitted by SWCHS Geology & R. Siddall

More stone at Market Cross & Drinking Fountain

• Ancaster Weatherbed
• Carrara Bardiglio
• Cornish Serpentinite
• Fluorite
• New Red Sandstone
• Purbeck Marble

Nearby

The closest other recorded buildings.

• Market SquareCornish Granite20 m · about 1 min walk
• Barclays Bank, Saffron WaldenPortland Stone: Whitbed30 m · about 1 min walk
• Lloyd's BankAncaster Stone40 m · about 1 min walk
• St Mary's Church Saffron WaldenFlint150 m · about 2 min walk
• HMS Lapwing MemorialNero Zimbabwe220 m · about 3 min walk
• Saffron Walden War MemorialPortland Stone: Whitbed380 m · about 6 min walk