Doulting Stone Quarry
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Doulting Stone Quarry grid reference ST648436 is a limestone quarry at Doulting, on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England.
It has been producing stone since Roman times.[1] Until 1994 it was operated by Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation (now part of Hanson plc) but was then bought out as a stand alone business.[2] The stone quarried at Doulting is a 2 m (6.6 ft) thick layer of Oolite of middle Jurassic age, deposited as sediments in fairly shallow coastal seas.[3] The stone is used for building purposes, including Glastonbury Abbey and the west façade of Wells Cathedral.[4][1]
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- ^ a b Doulting Conservation Area Appraisal (PDF). Mendip District Council (August 2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Quarry History. Doulting Stone Quarry. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Geology. Doulting Stone Quarry. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Wells Catherdral. Open University Geological Society (22 February 2003). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
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