A public record of the stone in your built environmentExplore the mapBrowse all locationsFor researchersAbout the project
Submit a location

Now extended for the rest of the UK

HomeExplore the mapBrowse A–Z: M

Memorial to Air Marshall Viscount Portal

Cumbrian Green Slate

  • Metamorphic
  • Slate
  • Ordovician

Location Details

Back to Map

Location of Geological Feature
Stone used for the plinth of the bronze statue, an axe-dressed, green slate. Several sources described the plinth as Delabole Slate, but this is incorrect as Delabole is a dark grey, very fine grained slate. This is more likely to be green Cumbrian Slate.
Rock Type
Slate
Geological Age
Ordovician
Quarry Location
Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
Category
Metamorphic
Address
Victoria Embankment Gardens SW1A 2ET
Building architect
Oscar Nemon
Date of build
1975
Find out more
Stone identified by Ruth Siddall.
Memorial to Air Marshall Viscount Portal — Cumbrian Green Slate
Cumbrian Green Slate at Memorial to Air Marshall Viscount Portal
Cumbrian Green Slate at Memorial to Air Marshall Viscount Portal (detail 2)
Cumbrian Green Slate at Memorial to Air Marshall Viscount Portal (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

Nearby

The closest other recorded buildings.