Location Details
- Location of Geological Feature
- Most of Hay Castle is built of the creamy grey 'Hay Stone', an informal name for the Conger Pit Sandstone Member of the Old Red Sandstone. The photograph shows the Jacobean mansion attached to the medieval castle.
- Rock Type
- Sandstone
- Geological Age
- Devonian
- Quarry Location
- Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales
- Category
- Sedimentary
- Nearest station
- Hereford
- Address
- Hay-on-Wye HR3 5DF
- Date of build
- 17th Century
- Find out more
- Stone identified by Michael Statham.
More stone at Hay Castle
Nearby
The closest other recorded buildings.