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Radcliffe Camera

Headington Hard white

  • Sedimentary
  • Limestone
  • Upper Jurassic

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Location of Geological Feature
Face-bedded white limestone used as the lowest course of stone around the building.
Fossils
Shell fragments
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Headington, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Oxford
Address
Radcliffe Square OX1 3BG
Building architect
J. Gibbs & J. Townesend
Date of build
1749
Find out more
Arkell, W. J., 1947, Oxford Stone, Faber & Faber, London, 185 pp.
Radcliffe Camera — Headington Hard white
Headington Hard white at Radcliffe Camera
Headington Hard white at Radcliffe Camera (detail 2)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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