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Carlton House

Cwm Eigiau Tuffs

  • Igneous
  • Tuff
  • Ordovician

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Location of Geological Feature
Siliceous porphyritic tuffs used as building stone. These lack the slaty cleavage of the slates.
Rock Type
Tuff
Geological Age
Ordovician
Quarry Location
Hafod Las, Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Wales
Category
Igneous
Nearest station
Betws-y-Coed
Address
Betws-y-Coed LL24 0BA
Date of build
19th Century
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Stone identified by Ruth Siddall.
Carlton House — Cwm Eigiau Tuffs
Cwm Eigiau Tuffs at Carlton House
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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