Gornal stone
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Gornal stone
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Gornal stone is a late Silurian sandstone which originates from the Gornal area of Central England. It is part of the Downton Castle Sandstone Formation, which also occurs locally at Netherton, and in parts of Shropshire. The stone was mostly quarried in the Lower Gornal area. Quarrying was underway by the 1810s, and the last quarry closed in 1971. At the peak of the quarrying, almost all buildings in the Sedgley manor were built from Gornal stone, and numerous examples of the recognisable yello
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2021-08-23T09:14:00Z
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