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Yorkshire Museum

Ackworth Rock

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
Basal column drums in the portico colonnade. A sandstone with distinctive rolled ochre nodules.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Ackworth Moor, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
York
Address
Museum Gardens YO1 7FR
Building architect
William Wilkins
Date of build
1830
Find out more
Stone identified by Yorkshire Philosophical Society Geology Group & Ruth Siddall.
Yorkshire Museum — Ackworth Rock
Ackworth Rock at Yorkshire Museum
Ackworth Rock at Yorkshire Museum (detail 2)
Ackworth Rock at Yorkshire Museum (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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