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Covent Garden Piazza

Portland Stone: Whitbed

  • Sedimentary
  • Oolitic Limestone
  • Upper Jurassic

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Location of Geological Feature
Some of the paving in the arcade that leads to the entrance to the Royal Opera House in the NE corner of the piazza is a well bioturbated variety of Portland Stone Whitbed. Burrows and other trace fossils can be seen.
Fossils
Trace fossils and fragmennts of shell and algae fossils.
Rock Type
Oolitic Limestone
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK.
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Covent Garden
Address
Covent Garden Piazza WC2B 7BB
Date of build
20th Century
Find out more
Stone identified by Ruth Siddall.
Covent Garden Piazza — Portland Stone: Whitbed
Portland Stone: Whitbed at Covent Garden Piazza
Portland Stone: Whitbed at Covent Garden Piazza (detail 2)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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