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Leeds City Museum

Rough Rock

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stone of the museum.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Leeds
Address
Millennium Square LS2 8BH
Building architect
Brodrick
Date of build
1868
Find out more
The quarry supplying the stone was The Roo Quarry Horsforth, Leeds. Data from the "The Building Stone Heritage of Leeds" book, latest Published by Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, by Murray Mitchell and Francis Dimes 2nd edition 2005. (ISBN 1 870737 10 5 )
Leeds City Museum — Rough Rock
Rough Rock at Leeds City Museum
Rough Rock at Leeds City Museum (detail 2)
Rough Rock at Leeds City Museum (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Dave Wallis

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