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Mickelgate Bar

Millstone Grit

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Lower Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stone used for the foundations. This stone was probably reused from Roman-period constructions. It is likely to have been derived from the Hetchells Wood area of West Yorkshire.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Lower Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Hetchells Wood, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
York
Address
Micklegate YO1 6JX
Date of build
12th-14th Centuries
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Stone identified by Yorkshire Philosophical Society Geology Group & Ruth Siddall.
Mickelgate Bar — Millstone Grit
Millstone Grit at Mickelgate Bar
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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