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Purbeck

Quarry

Coordinates: 50.59°N -2.03°E

United Kingdom / Brittannia

Location

Details

Stone:

Coloured Limestone,

Bibliography:

Dworakowska 1983: 18; Beavis 1970: 195; Williams and Peacock 2002

Location:

South-eastern Dorset

Material:

Dark brown and black recrystallised limestone (Purbeck marble), flecked with green, yellow and other shades of brown; exported regionally in Roman Imperial period

Bibliography

Beavis 1970: 195; Dworakowska 1983: 18.

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