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The Bonny Moorhen Pub

Durham Grit

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

Location Details

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stone. A coarse grained gritstone with iron staining in the form of liesegang banding.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Stanhope (Weardale Railway)
Address
25, Front Street DL13 2TS
Date of build
19th Century
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Two gritstones outcrop at the top of the Stainmore Formation and a third at the base of the Coal Measures local to Stanhope. They were quarried at Millstone Rigg and Edmundbyers Cross. It is likely these quarries are the sources of the stones observed here.
The Bonny Moorhen Pub — Durham Grit
Durham Grit at The Bonny Moorhen Pub
Durham Grit at The Bonny Moorhen Pub (detail 2)
Durham Grit at The Bonny Moorhen Pub (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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