Stones / Quarries
The latest news from the Stone Industry
Treleven Haysom probably knows more about Purbeck stone and the industry that extracts and works it than anyone else. Now he has written a book about it.
Those involved in primary extraction of stone are asked to complete the four-yearly survey being conducted by the British Geological Survey by 21 September.
The foundation stone of the Radcliffe Observatory was laid on 27 June 1772. It was the second permanent Observatory built in Britain (the first was the Royal Observatory in Greenwich). The positions of sun, moon, planets and stars observed and recorded there form a lasting contribution to astronomical knowledge.
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The Quarry Forum is one of the focus groups of Stone Federation Great Britain. For more information about the Quarry Forum email [email protected].
Twenty years on and the Dry Stone Walling Association has re-printed its Millennium Wall commemorative book.
Pictured above is Lee O'Connor, CEO of Grants Group. He, with Glenn Henson, Grants Group Technical Director, and Iain Kennedy, Operations Manager of British quarry operator Blockstone, will answer your questions about British Stone.
The landscape created by the slate industry in north-west Wales is this year's UK submission for designation as a World Heritage Site.
Paul Keyte among some of the new blocks of Guiting Gold stone that are being extracted from the Cotswold Quarry.
For more information about the Stone Federation’s Quarry Group, email [email protected]
Albion's mines join up under the island of Portland in Dorset, where the famous limestone that has built London for 400 years comes from.
Horsham District Council, Historic England and SPAB are working to find a new source of Horsham Stone roofing to avoid losing this distinctive local feature of West Sussex. The picture here shows Horsham Stone roofing on Coombes Church. Photo: Richard Crook
The Inuit Inuksuk created by artist Piita Irniq for the British Museum.
The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, praised the contribution to the principality of minerals extraction when he delivered the keynote speech at the annual Mineral Products Association (MPA) Wales Seminar.
Penrhyn Welsh slate quarry in north Wales operated by Welsh Slate, which became part of Breedon last year as part of Breedon's takeover of the Lagan Group (read more...).
Annie Ross, who design the trophy, with Pat Gallagher, who owns the Kentish Ragstone quarry.