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Royal Oxford Hotel

Guiting Gold Limestone

  • Sedimentary
  • Limestone
  • Middle Jurassic

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stone. W. J. Arkell describes this stone as being an 'offensive chrome yellow colour'. This is imparted by the mineral goethite.
Fossils
Shell fragments
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Middle Jurassic
Quarry Location
Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Oxford
Address
17, Park End Street OX1 1HR
Date of build
1938
Find out more
Arkell, W. J., 1947, Oxford Stone, Faber & Faber, London, 185 pp.�
Royal Oxford Hotel — Guiting Gold Limestone
Guiting Gold Limestone at Royal Oxford Hotel
Guiting Gold Limestone at Royal Oxford Hotel (detail 2)
Guiting Gold Limestone at Royal Oxford Hotel (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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