Earth:Cockercombe tuff
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Short description: Pyroclastic rock
Cockercombe Tuff is a greenish-grey, hard pyroclastic rock, formed by the compression of volcanic ash containing high quantities of chlorite, which gives it its distinctive colour.[1][2] It is found almost exclusively in the south-eastern end of the Quantock Hills[3] near Cockercombe, Somerset, England, from where it has been quarried for centuries.
Quantock Lodge is built from Cockercombe tuff.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Prudden, Hugh. "Somerset building stone guide". Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 4. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110111194113/http://www.sanhs.org/Proc%20Building%20stone.pdf. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ↑ Haslett, Simon K. (2010). Somerset Landscapes: Geology and landforms. Usk: Blackbarn Books. p. 50. ISBN 9781456416317.
- ↑ Brenchley, P.J.; Peter Franklin Rawson (2006). The geology of England and Wales. Geological Society. pp. 242. ISBN 978-1-86239-200-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=-6gqvAbdS-MC&pg=PA242.
- ↑ "Over Stowey Parish Design Statement". Sedgemoor District Council. http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3407&p=0. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ↑ "Strategic Stone Study: A Building Stone Atlas of Somerset and Exmoor". English Heritage. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=1619. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
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