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BUILDING_STONE_ID | STONE_NAME | PARENT BUILDING STONE  ID | ALTERNATIVE_NAMES | [NAME] | COLOUR | COLOUR_VARIATION | WEATHERED COLOUR | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY | CHRONOSTRAT | STONE_LITHOLOGY | GRAIN_SIZE | [NAME] | KEY_IDENTIFICATION_FEATURES | FAILURE_WEATHERING | CONTEXT_OF_USE | LOCALITY_OF_USE | DATE_COMPILED | COMPILED_BY | MINERAL PLANNING AREA | English Heritage Atlas Area | SOURCE_OF_INFO | retrieval_date
1301 | Calcareous tufa | 1 |  | A [NAME] initially formed as casts of plant stems and detritus deposited in and around reed beds in a lime depositing alluvial enironment. Subsequent partial cementation forms a highly porous but fairly strong building stone. |  | Uniform | Speckled mid - dark grey enhanced by lichen growth. | [NAME] | [NAME] | TUFA | Very fine grained | An unbedded rock consisting of a mass of hollow tubular casts of plant material, which decayed to leave voids. | Grey, extremely porous, low density rock with large voids (vuggy). | Surprisingly strong stone of low density. Becomes a speckled dark grey due to shallow surface weathering enhanced by mould growth. | Used very locally as parts of building walls and in some boundary walls. | Isolated occurances, most notably at Knaptoft, south of Leicester and Horninghold in east Leicestershire. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1302 | Cobbles – flint | 1 | Flint | Mostly 6 - 10 cm, hard, fine-grained, nodular cobbles.  Sometimes dressed, showing the conchoidal fracture.  [NAME] transported into county during the Pleistocene. | GREY | Uniform | Surface weathering cream, [NAME] or brown. | GLACIAL DEPOSITS | [NAME] | BOULDERS OR COBBLES | Very fine grained | none | Very fine grained, vitreous, very hard cobbles, irregular in shape with a conchoidal fracture. | Very hard, resistant to weathering. | Very minor component of the glacially transported cobbles used as building stones for walls and occasionally paving in Leicestershire. | Across the south and west of the county, but particularly to the S and SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1303 | Cobbles – Bunter | 1 | Bunter pebbles | Highly spherical cobbles, originally Bunter Pebble Beds laid down by Triassic rivers.  Fluvially and glacially reworked and deposited in county by rivers and glaciers in the Pleistocene. Generally composed of recrytallised quartz grains.  Size range from pebbles to cobbles over 30cm in diameter.  Sometimes face dressed, occasionally squared. |  | Uniform | [NAME] and yellow-brown coatings. | GLACIAL DEPOSITS | [NAME] | BOULDERS OR COBBLES |  | none | Highly rounded cobbles, extremely hard and weathered to a brown colour.  Sometimes face dressed, occasionally squared, exposing pale grey crystalline interior. | Very hard, resistant to weathering.  [NAME] colour is the original weathering surface. | Used as the predominant stone in some walls, and commonly as infill with other stone or as a repair.  Also used for cobble paving. | Across the south and west of the county, but particularly to the S and SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1304 | Cobbles – local igneous | 1 | Drift/erratics | Cobbles and boulders of local granodiorites and diorites glacially transported a short distance across the county.  Medium to couarse grained crystalline rocks of pink and white feldspars and a lesser proprtion of dark minerals. | PINK | Spotted | Dark pink, dark grey,  and rarely brown joint surface weathering. | GLACIAL DEPOSITS | [NAME] | BOULDERS OR COBBLES | Coarse grained | none | Medium to course grained crystalline rocks, speckled pink and dark grey.  Pink colours dominant, but some stones may be speckled mid and dark grey.  Sub-angular to sub-rounded in shape (never spherical) because of  relatively short transportion distance. | Hard, resistant to weathering. | Used in walls, and for footings or quoins and butresses because of its hardness. | Across the south and west of the county. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1305 | Cobbles – Charnian | 1 | Drift/erratics | Cobbles and boulders of various local Charnian rocks glacially transported a short distance across the county. Volcaniclastic sedments and [NAME] (see detail below under 'Charnian'), sub-angular to sub-rounded in shape  because of  relatively short transportion distance. | GREY |  | Various shades of grey, green, red and cream. | GLACIAL DEPOSITS | [NAME] | BOULDERS OR COBBLES |  |  | Charnian rubblestone, sub-angular to sub-rounded in shape. | Hard, resistant to weathering. Some selective weathering of mineral components. | Used in building and field walls, as a minor or major componenet depending on availabilty of this and other stone. | South and west of Charnwood | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1306 | Lincolnshire Limestone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE FORMATION | JURASSIC | NOT ENTERED |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | SPARRY | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1307 | Upper Lincolnshire Limestone | 1306 |  | Freestones, ranging from pure ooidal limestone to totally shell-detrital limestone with a predominantly calcite spar cement.  Includes several named stones, e.g. [NAME], [NAME], [NAME], Kings Cliff Stone, [NAME], [NAME], [NAME], and Lincoln Cathedral Stone.  Other than the Ketton Oolite, these have not been individually identified in the survey of buildings in Leicestershire. |  | Uniform | Light cream to [NAME] or light brown. | UPPER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  | Planar-bedded and commonly cross-bedded. | Freestones.  Ooidal and shell-detrital limestones. | Generally very hard wearing, but stones with a proportion of clay grade micrite matrix may be susceptible in the long term to small-scale, surface frost shattering, giving a blistered appearance | Freestone - used for mouldings, carvings, windows, quoins, dripstones and as ashlar walling stone.  The finer grained oolites tend to be used for carvings, mouldings and windows.  The coarser grained shell-detrital stones are more commonly used as dripstones and quoins. | County-wide. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), pp 114-116. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1308 | Ketton Stone | 1306 | [NAME] | Highly ooidal, fine- to medium-grained limestone, sometimes with a minor proportion of fine-grained shell debris.  Pale cream with darker cream-grey wavy stripes when weathered, leading to the nickname of 'streaky bacon'.????????? |  | Banded | Light cream and darker grey-cream stripes. | UPPER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL | Fine Grained | Massive, rarely cross bedded. | Freestone. Ooidal limestone that weathers to produce a distinct striped appearance like 'streaky bacon'.???????? A statement also queried in the Atlas! | Generally very hard wearing. | Top quality freestone - used for delicate carvings, mouldings, windows and doorways. | County-wide. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), pp 114-115. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1309 | Lower Lincolnshire Limestone | 1306 |  |  |  |  |  | LOWER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | NOT ENTERED |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | SPARRY | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1310 | Waltham Church Stone | 1309 | Waltham Stone | A medium-course grained, shell-debris, ooidal, slightly micritic limestone.  Cream - buff in colour with pale ochreous brown burrows, infilled with softer, fine-grained, [NAME] which rapidly weathers out on exposure. | BUFF |  | [NAME] | LOWER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Medium grained | Burrows. | Medium-course grained, shell-debris, ooidal, micritic limestone with ochreous brown burrows, which rapidly weather out on exposure, leaving a pitted, channelled surface. | Moderately hard rock.  Burrows weather out to leave a pitted, channelled surface. | Building walls and dry stone walls. May be cut and dressed.  A major component in walls in Waltham on the Wolds (especially the church) and [NAME]. Larger blocks sometimes used as wall coping, e.g. along Thorpe Lane, [NAME] and Meton Road, Waltham on the Wolds. | NE Leicestershire, particularly around the villages of Waltham on the Wolds (especially in the church) and [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1311 | Waltham Village Stone | 1309 | Waltham Stone | Small blocks of fine grained, compact, micritic limestone with scattered floating ooliths (resulting in a bimodal texture), occasionally weakly bioturbated and with fine grained scattered shell debris and a few larger whole shells. Believed to be the lateral equivalent of the Wittering Pendle ([NAME], 2001) and the Lower Lincolnshire Limestone decribed by Sutherland (2003) near Maidwell and Harrington in Northants. |  | Uniform | Rich cream | LOWER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Fine grained | Compact stone, thinly bedded. | Compact, fine grained, rich cream coloured limestone with occasional scattered ooids and very little fine grained shell debris. | Strong, resistant to weathering failure. | Building walls and dry stone walls.  May be cut as small to moderate sized squared blocks, but surface face left uneven. A major component in walls in Waltham on the Wolds and a minor component elsewhere. | NE Leicestershire, particularly around the village of Waltham on the Wolds. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME].  Sutherland, D.S., 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. Pp 74-76.  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), pp 114-116. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1312 | Nevill Holt Stone | 1309 |  | The whole rock is a fine-grained, bioturbated, sandy limestone.  The unweathered matrix colour is a very pale grey-red. Large, greyish-fawn, ramifying, nodular burrows are up to 20mm in diameter.  On long term weathering, the colours all become shades of pale to mid brown, the matrix becoming ochreous.  Occasionally, there are veins of iron oxide. |  | Mottled | Shades of pale brown with ochreous burrows. | LOWER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Fine grained | Large, nodular burrows. | Fine grained sandy limestone with large, nodular, ramifying burrows. Unusual colour - pale grey-red matrix with pale fawn burrows. Matrix becomes ochreous when weathered. | Strong, resistant to weathering failure. | Relatively minor component in building walls and dry stone walls. | [NAME], especially common in the villages of Medbourne and Nevill Holt. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1313 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] | Not a true slate, but a thinly bedded, fine grained, grey, sandy limstone that can be split for use as roofing slates, of varying size and thickness.  Because of their density and the need to minimise weight on roof beams, the slates are laid with the smallest at the roof ridge and the largest at the eaves. When used in a wall, the stone is seen as thin slabs medium - pale grey in colour, showing thin planar bedding. |  | Uniform | [NAME] to cream. | LOWER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Fine grained | Very thin planar bedding. | Usually used as roofing slates of variable size and thickness, smallest at the apex and largest at the eaves. Colour pale grey - buff.  When used in a wall, medium - pale grey, thin slabs showing thin planar bedding. | Resistant to weathering failure. | Mostly for roof slates, but occasionaly a very minor component of walls. | [NAME], particularly in the village of [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. Pp 72-74.  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 114. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1314 | [NAME] | 1313 | [NAME] | Not a true slate, but a thinly bedded, fine grained, grey, sandy limstone that can be split for use as roofing slates, of varying size and thickness.  Because of their density and the need to minimise weight on roof beams, the slates are laid with the smallest at the roof ridge and the largest at the eaves. When used in a wall, the stone is seen as thin slabs medium - pale grey in colour, showing thin planar bedding. |  | Uniform | [NAME] to cream. | LOWER LINCOLNSHIRE LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Fine grained | Very thin planar bedding. | Usually used as roofing slates of variable size and thickness, smallest at the apex and largest at the eaves. Colour pale grey - buff.  When used in a wall, medium - pale grey, thin slabs showing thin planar bedding. | Resistant to weathering failure. | Mostly for roof slates, but occasionaly a very minor component of walls. | [NAME], particularly in the village of [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. Pp 72-74.  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 114. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1315 | Ironstone | 1 |  | Very general term used for iron-rich limestones or sandstones from the Dyrham Formation (Sandrock), Marlstone Rock Formation or Northampton Sand Formation, where knowledge of the stone source is very uncertain. | BROWN |  | Shades of brown | JURASSIC ROCKS (UNDIFFERENTIATED) | JURASSIC | NOT ENTERED |  | Infrequent bedding and occasional burrows. | Ochreous brown coloured limestones or sandstones). | Varied. | Major ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, including dressings.  Also used as a dressed rubblestone in walls. | NE, E and SE Leciestershire. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1316 | Northampton Sand | 1315 | Ironstone |  |  |  |  | NORTHAMPTON SAND FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS |  |  |  |  |  | S, SE and E Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1317 | [NAME] (ferruginous sandstone) | 1316 | Ironstone | Partly decalcified medium - fine grained, ferruginous sandstone, with varying proportions of soft, flakey shell debris.  Scattered brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. Common vertical burrows. Rarely seen as a building stone when unweathered, but originally a grey sideritic chamositic (berthierine) sandy oolite. Weathered building stone colours range from bright ginger-yellow to mid ochreous brown. | BROWN | Uniform | Ochreous brown | NORTHAMPTON SAND FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS | Medium grained | none | Ochreous brown colour.  Medium - fine grained sand and shell debris.  Often with scattered brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. | Porous stone prone to exfoliation, producing concave surfaces in extreme cases, and occasionally leaving better-cemented areas upstanding to give a knobbly appearance. | Major ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, including dressings (e.g. windows in older buildings, although it may be slightly soft for this).  Also used as a dressed rubblestone in walls. | S, SE and E Leicestershire, as far north as Ashby Folville and possibly [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. Pp. 50-56.  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 114. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1318 | [NAME] (purple, bioturbated sandstone) | 1316 | Ironstone | Purplish to plum-grey, ferruginous, medium-fine grained sandstone. Characterised by darker, tall, vertical (probably U-shaped) burrows about 5mm in diameter.  Scattered bivalves, brachiopods, crinoid oscicles, calcareous 'worms' ([NAME] vertebralis) and  belemnites. Some blocks show an oxidation front marked by a vein of limonite (crystallised [NAME] oxide). | PURPLE | Uniform | Reddish-purple brown with a paler grey-purple surface | NORTHAMPTON SAND FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS | Medium grained | U shaped burrows | Purple colour. U-shaped burrows, about 5mm in diameter. Medium - fine grained sandstone and shell debris. | Porous stone prone to some exfoliation, producing a flakey surface. | Dressed rubblestone -  a minor component used in building walls.  Occasionally used decoratively as ashlar, e.g. for lintels and parapets, contrasting in colour with the walling stone, e.g. at Neville Holt school. | S, SE and E Leicestershire as far north as Ashby Folville. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. pp 47 - 48. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1319 | [NAME] (shelly limestone) | 1316 | Ironstone | Shell-debris rich, dull, dark [NAME] limestone with low iron content.  Many crinoid oscicles. Sometimes showing thin, dark brown ferruginous partings. | BUFF | Uniform | Dull buff - brown | NORTHAMPTON SAND FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Coarse grained | Slight cross-bedding. | Hard, well-cemented, shell debris rich limestone with a lot of crinoid oscicles. Colour dull [NAME] (much browner than any similar shell detrital [NAME]). | Hard and resistant to weathering. | Rubblestone, sometimes dressed. A rare component used in building walls. | S and SE Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME].    Lithologically similar to Northampton Sand 'Pendle' Limestone described by [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. p 59, [NAME]. 6.4. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1320 | [NAME] (ironstone) | 1316 | Ironstone | A network of reddish-brown veins of redeposited iron oxides within a fine-grained, highly ooidal, ochreous-brown ironstone. | BROWN | Mottled | Dark reddish-brown | NORTHAMPTON SAND FORMATION | JURASSIC | IRONSTONE |  | Network of iron veins. | Network of iron veins within a fine-grained, ooidal, ochreous-brown ironstone. | Very strong.  Already fully oxidised. | Rubblestone - a very rare component used in building walls. | S and SE Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. pp 42 - 49. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1321 | Marlstone Rock | 1315 | Ironstone | A fine - medium grained highly ferruginous limestone (once worked as low grade iron ore) with shell debris and brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites.  The brachiopods often occur in clusters.  Colour is dark ochreous brown. | BROWN | Uniform | Dark ochreous brown | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Fine grained | none | Colour - dark ochreous brown. Fine - medium grained highly ferruginous limestone, with ooids, shell debris, and whole shells often occurring in clusters.  Building stone of a relatively uniform colour when compared with the variety of colour often seen in Northampton Sand buildings in Leicestershire. | Moderately resistant to weathering due to iron cementation. | Dressed building stone, used in any part of a building. Also used as a dressed rubblestone in walls. | NE and E Leicestershrie | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  Whitehead, TH., [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] Wray, DA., 1952. The Liassic Ironstones. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.  Pub. Her Majesty's Stationery Office.  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 113-114.  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 29 - 32. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1322 | Marlstone Rock (ferruginous limestone) | 1 | Ironstone | A highly ferruginous ooidal limestone weathering to become a mass  of reddish-brown veins of redeposited iron oxides, with speroidal cavities after the ooids. | BROWN | Mottled | Reddish brown (oxidised) to grey-green (less oxidised - very rarely seen). | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | IRONSTONE |  | Network of iron veins, usually totally oxidised. | Dark red-brown ferruginous ooidal limestone weathering to  becoming a mass of iron veins with a pitted surface. | Very strong.  Already fully oxidised. | Rubblestone - an extremely rare component used in building walls. | NE and E Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME].  Whitehead, TH., [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] Wray, DA., 1952. The Liassic Ironstones. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.  Pub. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1323 | Marlstone Rock (ferruginous sandstone) | 1 | Ironstone | Term applied to Marlstone Rock that is texturally similar to the 'Sandrock'.  'Marlstone Rock (ferruginous sandstone)' is seemingly darker in colour than the 'Sandrock'. | BROWN |  |  | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  | NE and E Leicestershire | 2011-12-15 00:00:00 | S Parry/G Lott | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1324 | Marlstone Rock (limestone type 1) | 1 | Ironstone | A fine - medium grained ferruginous, sandy limestone with shell debris and brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. The brachiopods often occur in clusters.  ??Vertical burrows lined with fine shell debris, although these are hard to see in weathered rock.  Colour is usually mid to pale ochreous brown but rarely a less weathered, greenish-grey core is seen. ??Scattered, light-reflecting mica flakes. Toarcian ammonites observed at a few locations (Billesdon and [NAME]). |  | Uniform | Pale to mid-ochreous brown | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Fine grained | ??Tall vertical narrow burrows (3-4mm), but rarely visible in weathered stone. | Colour - pale to mid-ochreous brown. Fine - medium grained ferruginous sandy limestone, with shell debris and whole shells often occurring in clusters.  ?Scattered, light-reflecting mica flakes. Toarcian ammonites observed at a few locations. Building stone of a relatively uniform colour when compared with the variety of colour often seen in Northampton Sand buildings in Leicestershire. | Prone to severe exfoliation leaving a flakey surface. [NAME] 'nests' may stand proud of a weathered stone surface by up to 10cm. | Ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, ??including dressings.  Also used as a dressed rubblestone in walls. | NE and E Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 113 - 114.  Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS.  [NAME].  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 30 - 31, 85 Fig. 6. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1325 | Marlstone Rock (limestone type 2) | 1 | Ironstone | Shell detrital (primarily crinoid oscicles and shell debris) limestone.  Well cemented. Weak bedding traces. A minor component found in association with other Marlstone lithologies, often occuring in lenses within a single building stone block . |  | Mottled | Pale grey shell debris in a mid brown matrix | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, BIOCLASTIC | Coarse grained | Massive stone, but weak bedding traces, including cross-bedding. | Hard, shell-detrital limestone with abundant crinoid debris. Colour pale [NAME]. | Very strong. | Rubblestone or partly dressed stone - minor component in building and boundary walls. | NE Leicestershire, observed between villages of Harby and [NAME] on the Hill. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 30 - 31. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1326 | Marlstone (conglomerate) | 1 | Ironstone | Well rounded, 1 - 7cm pebbles of limonitic and phosphatic mudstone, often slightly flat / dischoidal in shape, in a finely shell-detrital limestone matrix. Pebbles frequently have a thin dark brown rind. A very minor component found in association with other Marlstone lithologies. | BROWN | Mottled | Mid - pale brown | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | CONGLOMERATE | Pebble grade | none | Rounded to dischoidal pebbles, often with a brown coating, in a yellow-brown, finely shell-detrital limestone matrix. | Fairly strong. | Rubblestone or partly dressed stone - very minor component in building and boundary walls. | NE Leicestershire, observed between villages of Harby and [NAME] on the Hill. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 29 - 31. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1327 | Banbury Ironstone | 1 | Ironstone | A fine - medium grained, ferruginous, calcareous  sandstone with shell debris and brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. The brachiopods often occur in clusters.  Vertical burrows lined with fine shell debris, although these are hard to see in weathered rock.  Colour is usually pale ochreous brown but rarely a less weathered, greenish-grey core is seen.  Lithologically very similar to the Leicestershire Sandrock.. |  | Uniform | Pale ochreous brown | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS | Fine grained | Tall vertical narrow burrows (3-4mm). | A fine - medium grained ferruginous, calcareous sandstone, with shell debris and whole shells often occurring in clusters.  Colour - pale ochreous brown. | In Leicestershire, only seen as a repair for 'Sandrock', but already showing similar weathering characterisitcs (i.e. prone to exfoliation, which may become severe in time). | Ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, including dressings, but usually only as a repair / replacement in Leicestershire. | NE and E Leicestershrie | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME].  [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. [NAME]. 32, 35. [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 114. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1328 | [NAME] | 1 | Ironstone | A fine - medium grained, ferruginous, calcareous  sandstone with shell debris and brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. The brachiopods often occur in clusters.  Vertical burrows lined with fine shell debris, although these are hard to see in weathered rock.  Colour is usually pale ochreous brown but rarely a less weathered, greenish-grey core is seen.  Lithologically very similar to the Leicestershire Sandrock.. |  | Uniform | Pale ochreous brown | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS | Fine grained | Tall vertical narrow burrows (3-4mm). | A fine - medium grained ferruginous, calcareous sandstone, with shell debris and whole shells often occurring in clusters.  Colour - pale ochreous brown. | In Leicestershire, only seen as a repair for 'Sandrock', but already showing similar weathering characterisitcs (i.e. prone to exfoliation, which may become severe in time). | Ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, including dressings, but usually only as a repair / replacement in Leicestershire. | NE and E Leicestershrie | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME].  [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. [NAME]. 32, 35. [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 114. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1329 | Great Tew Stone | 1 | Ironstone | A fine - medium grained, ferruginous, calcareous  sandstone with shell debris and brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. The brachiopods often occur in clusters.  Vertical burrows lined with fine shell debris, although these are hard to see in weathered rock.  Colour is usually pale ochreous brown but rarely a less weathered, greenish-grey core is seen.  Lithologically very similar to the Leicestershire Sandrock.. |  | Uniform | Pale ochreous brown | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS | Fine grained | Tall vertical narrow burrows (3-4mm). | A fine - medium grained ferruginous, calcareous sandstone, with shell debris and whole shells often occurring in clusters.  Colour - pale ochreous brown. | In Leicestershire, only seen as a repair for 'Sandrock', but already showing similar weathering characterisitcs (i.e. prone to exfoliation, which may become severe in time). | Ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, including dressings, but usually only as a repair / replacement in Leicestershire. | NE and E Leicestershrie | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME].  [NAME], 2003. [NAME]. The Dovecote Press. [NAME]. 32, 35. [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 114. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1330 | Sandrock | 1 | Ironstone | A fine - medium grained ferruginous, calcareous  sandstone with shell debris and brachiopods, bivalves and belemnites. The brachiopods often occur in clusters.  Vertical burrows lined with fine shell debris, although these are hard to see in weathered rock.  Colour is usually mid to pale ochreous brown but rarely a less weathered, greenish-grey core is seen. Scattered, light-reflecting mica flakes. |  | Uniform | Pale to mid-ochreous brown | DYRHAM FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS | Fine grained | Tall vertical narrow burrows (3-4mm). | Colour - pale to mid-ochreous brown. Fine - medium grained ferruginous sandstone, with shell debris and whole shells often occurring in clusters.  Scattered, light-reflecting mica flakes. Building stone of a relatively uniform colour when compared with the variety of colour often seen in Northampton Sand buildings in Leicestershire. | Prone to severe exfoliation leaving a flakey surface. | Major ashlar building stone, used in any part of a building, including dressings.  Also used as a dressed rubblestone in walls. | NE and E Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 113 - 114.  Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS.  [NAME].  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 27 - 29, 85 Fig. 6. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1331 | Fen Farm Limestone | 1 |  | Mid - dark grey, argillaceous, micritic limestone with scattered large gryphaea shells. |  | Uniform | Dark grey | FEN FARM LIMESTONES BED | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, BIOCLASTIC | Very fine grained | none | [NAME] in fine grained limestone.  [NAME] grey colour. | Readily exfoliates because of mud content. | Rubblestone, used in large blocks in boundary walls. | Village of Redmile in NE Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, brief explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS. Pp 12 - 17. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1332 | Wreake Limestone | 1 | Wreake Lias | Coarse, shell-debris rich, limestone.  Shells are mostly oyster shells laid down in layers with very little matrix. Some thin clayey micrite laminae.  [NAME] in thin (around 10 to 20cm) slabs and is used in building walls as dug. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | GRANBY MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, BIOCLASTIC | Very coarse grained | 'Planar bedded' shell accumulation. | Shell-debris rich, limestone in which the shells are mostly oyster shells laid down in layers with very little matrix. Grey colour. | Weak, poorly-cemented stone but not prone to surface weathering. | Rubblestone, occasionally 'squared', used in building walls. | N and NE of Leicester, particularly along the Wreake and Soar valleys. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS. pp 12 - 14. Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2007. BGS. pp 13 - 15. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1333 | Sileby Limestone | 1 | Sileby Lias | Shelly, shell-debris limestone with scattered limonite grains.  [NAME] grey to off-white. Weak bedding traces marked by shell debris and rare thin, micrite partings.  Shells are mostly oyster shells. Occurs in thin (around 10 - 15cm) slabs and is used in building walls as dug. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | GRANBY MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, BIOCLASTIC | Very coarse grained | 'Planar bedded' shell accumulation. | Shell-debris rich, limestone in which the shells are mostly oyster shells laid down in layers with thin calcareous clay partings. Scattered, thin layers of minute, brown limonite grains. Thin, finely grooved echinoid spines (up to 20 mm long) and pentacrinoid ossicles (2-3 mm diameter). Grey colour. | Moderately well-cemented stone not prone to surface weathering. | Rubblestone used in building walls. | Sileby, Cotes and Hoton villages. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS. pp 12 - 14. Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2007. BGS. pp 13 - 15. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1334 | Blue Lias | 1 |  | Very fine-grained, hard, calcareous 'mudstone'.  Mid blue-grey to dark grey, depending on clay content. Very few, small fossils, visible only on bedding planes.  Weathering on joint surfaces may produce a pseudo-lamination. The stone usually has a blocky appearance and is used in thin slabs (10-15cm thick).  Percolating iron-rich water causes patchy cream coloured joint surfaces, and occassionally, pyritic calcite filled joints weather to a deeper brown colour. | GREY | Banded | Medium blue-grey to dark grey (depending on clay content), but some stones may be cream due to oxidised pyrite coating on original joint faces. | SCUNTHORPE MUDSTONE FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Very fine grained | Generally massive but sometimes shows thin lamination on weathered sufaces. | Very fine-grained, hard, blueish grey, calcareous mudstone, usually with a blocky appearance. Occasionally has a pseudo-lamination and creamy coloured weathering. | Strong building stone, but the thicker, more clay-rich beds are prone to weathering, to yield rounded surfaces. | Rubblestone used for building walls and very occasionally in field walls. | Scattered across the county from NE of Loughborough to S of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS. pp 12 - 14.  Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2007. BGS. pp 13 - 15. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1335 | Blue Lias | 1 |  | Very fine-grained, hard, calcareous 'mudstone'.  Mid blue-grey to dark grey, depending on clay content. Very few, small fossils, visible only on bedding planes.  Weathering on joint surfaces may produce a pseudo-lamination. The stone usually has a blocky appearance and is used in thin slabs (10-15cm thick).  Percolating iron-rich water causes patchy cream coloured joint surfaces, and occassionally, pyritic calcite filled joints weather to a deeper brown colour. | GREY | Banded | Medium blue-grey to dark grey (depending on clay content), but some stones may be cream due to oxidised pyrite coating on original joint faces. | BLUE LIAS FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE | Very fine grained | Generally massive but sometimes shows thin lamination on weathered sufaces. | Very fine-grained, hard, blueish grey, calcareous mudstone, usually with a blocky appearance. Occasionally has a pseudo-lamination and creamy coloured weathering. | Strong building stone, but the thicker, more clay-rich beds are prone to weathering, to yield rounded surfaces. | Rubblestone used for building walls and very occasionally in field walls. | Scattered across the county from NE of Loughborough to S of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS. pp 12 - 14.  Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2007. BGS. pp 13 - 15. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1336 | White Lias | 1 |  | Hard, white, porcellaneous, micritic limestone, which has a  sub-conchoidal fracture. | WHITE | Uniform | White to very pale grey | [NAME] | TRIASSIC | LIMESTONE | Very fine grained | none | Very hard, porcellaneous, limestone, which has a  sub-conchoidal fracture. White to very pale grey colour. | Very strong and not prone to weathering. | Only used as rubblestone in building and field walls. | Very patchy occurances in and between the villages of Cotes, Hoton and [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Melton Mowbray District, explanation of geological map Sheet 142 [NAME], 2002. BGS. pp 12 - 14. Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2007. BGS. pp 13 -15. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1337 | Arden Sandstone | 1 | [NAME] | Very fine-grained pale-grey to white, friable sandstone that develops a fine dark grey weathering crust.  Often gently cross-bedded. |  | Uniform | Dark grey superficial crust | ARDEN SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | Fine grained | Cross bedding. | Very fine grained, pale grey - white sandstone.  Rounded grains, almost entirely quartz.  Massively bedded, often gently cross-stratified. Develops a thin dark grey crust. | Soft rock, crumbles away easily. | Very minor component in church walling, except in parts of Leicester where it is used for much of the castle walls, [NAME] church tower and the main building and boundary walls of Cavendish House in Abbey Park. | Central Leicestershire from [NAME] in the north to villages SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 109 - 112.  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 17-18. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1338 | Dane Hills Sandstone | 1 | [NAME] | Very fine-grained pale-grey to white, friable sandstone that develops a fine dark grey weathering crust.  Often gently cross-bedded. |  | Uniform | Dark grey superficial crust | ARDEN SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | Fine grained | Cross bedding. | Very fine grained, pale grey - white sandstone.  Rounded grains, almost entirely quartz.  Massively bedded, often gently cross-stratified. Develops a thin dark grey crust. | Soft rock, crumbles away easily. | Very minor component in church walling, except in parts of Leicester where it is used for much of the castle walls, [NAME] church tower and the main building and boundary walls of Cavendish House in Abbey Park. | Central Leicestershire from [NAME] in the north to villages SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 109 - 112.  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 17-18. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1339 | [NAME] | 1 | New Parks Stone | Very fine-grained pale-grey to white, friable sandstone that develops a fine dark grey weathering crust.  Often gently cross-bedded. |  | Uniform | Dark grey superficial crust | ARDEN SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | Fine grained | Cross bedding. | Very fine grained, pale grey - white sandstone.  Rounded grains, almost entirely quartz.  Massively bedded, often gently cross-stratified. Develops a thin dark grey crust. | Soft rock, crumbles away easily. | Very minor component in church walling, except in parts of Leicester where it is used for much of the castle walls, [NAME] church tower and the main building and boundary walls of Cavendish House in Abbey Park. | Central Leicestershire from [NAME] in the north to villages SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 109 - 112.  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 17-18 | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1340 | New Parks Stone | 1 | [NAME] | Very fine-grained pale-grey to white, friable sandstone that develops a fine dark grey weathering crust.  Often gently cross-bedded. |  | Uniform | Dark grey superficial crust | ARDEN SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | Fine grained | Cross bedding. | Very fine grained, pale grey - white sandstone.  Rounded grains, almost entirely quartz.  Massively bedded, often gently cross-stratified. Develops a thin dark grey crust. | Soft rock, crumbles away easily. | Very minor component in church walling, except in parts of Leicester where it is used for much of the castle walls, [NAME] church tower and the main building and boundary walls of Cavendish House in Abbey Park. | Central Leicestershire from [NAME] in the north to villages SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 109 - 112.  Geology of the Leicester District, Sheet description of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 17-18 | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1341 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] sandstone | Pale-grey, very fine-grained, dolomitic, silty sandstone with ultra-thin, dark green-grey, clay laminae, micro-cross bedding, frequently intensely distorted by dewatering. |  | Banded | Pale grey | GUNTHORPE MEMBER | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | Very fine grained | Planar and cross bedding. Fine lamination.  Locally intensely distorted - water escape structures. | Pale grey colour, very fine grained, very thin bedding, often very distorted. | Reasonably hard, but it may flake along the bedding plane. | Building walls and few old boundary walls. | SW Leicestershire, particularly near Twycross. Few occurrances in W Leicestershire where the [NAME] outcrops. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), pp 109 - 112.  Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p17. Geology of the Country around Coalville, Memoir for the geological Sheet 155 Coalville. 1988. BGS. pp 65-67. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1342 | Diseworth Sandstone | 1 |  | Pale grey to yellow-grey fine grained sandstone with grains mostly of quartz but with evenly scattered darker grains.  Planar bedded and often cross-bedded. Occasional horizons of circular cavities up to 10mm, many infilled with euhedral crystalline gypsum. |  | Uniform | Pale grey and often pale yellow-grey | GUNTHORPE MEMBER | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | Fine grained | Planar and cross bedding. | Location in and near Diseworth village.  Fine to medium grained sandstone with horizons containing circular cavities infilled with euhedral gypsum crystals. | Friable stone, but coherent and showing little surface erosion. | Dressed stone extensively used in walls, particularly in Diseworth church. | In and around Diseworth village in NW Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. p 17 (description of [NAME] Member). | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1343 | Diseworth Skerry | 1 |  | Pale-grey, very fine-grained, dolomitic, silty sandstone with ultra fine lamination, micro-cross bedding,frequently distorted. Thin blocks up to 15cm deep by 20cm  - 60cm long.  An exceptional face laid 90cm block showed a rippled surface. |  | Banded | Very pale grey | GUNTHORPE MEMBER | TRIASSIC | SILTSTONE | Very fine grained | Planar and cross bedding. Fine lamination.  Locally intensely distorted - water escape structures. | Pale grey colour, very fine grained, very thin bedding, often very distorted. | Reasonably hard, but it may flake along the bedding plane. | Building walls and few old boundary walls. | In and around Diseworth village in NW Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. p 17 (description of [NAME] Member). | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1344 | Osgathorpe Conglomerate | 1 |  | Sub-angluar to rounded fragments and pebbles (1 - 8 cm) mainly of dolomite with rare quartz and darker pebbles in a cemented matrix of finer-grained dolomite debris and quartz sand. Some pebbles may be slightly pinkish. |  | Mottled | [NAME] to grey-cream | BREEDON BRECCIA | TRIASSIC | CONGLOMERATE | Pebble grade | none | Pale grey-cream stone full of sub-angluar to rounded dolomite pebbles in a sandy matrix. | strong, almost no weathering | Only known to be used as a rubblestone in the walls of Osgathorpe church. | In the church at Osgathorpe. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p 17. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1345 | Sherwood Sandstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1346 | Bromsgrove Sandstone | 1 |  | Medium - fine grained well-sorted sandstone. Infrequent occurances of scattered, small pebbles of vein quartz, grey to liver-coloured quartzite and black chert.  Massive beddding.  Cut as ashlar blocks. Sometime chisel dressed - textured surface. | GREY | Uniform | Grey, buff or greenish [NAME]Sometimes banded or mottled pink and greenish-grey. | BROMSGROVE SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | Massive planar and cross-bedding.  Some slump and dewatering structures. | Well sorted, medium - fine grained sandstone. Moderately soft.  Often cross-bedded. | Susceptible to exfoliation, frost penetration, and insect drilling.  Moderately soft stone. | Major building stone used in all parts of a structure. | Countywide | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 108 - 109.  Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p17. Geology of the Country around Coalville, memoir for the geological Sheet 155 Coalville. 1988. BGS. pp 60-65. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1347 | King's Mill Stone | 1 | Bromsgrove Sandstone | Medium - fine grained well-sorted sandstone with bands of pebbles of vein quartz, grey to liver-coloured quartzite and black chert.  Massive beddding.  Unsuitable to cut as ashlar because of pebble bands. | GREY | Uniform | Grey, buff or greenish [NAME]Sometimes banded or mottled pink and greenish-grey. | BROMSGROVE SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, PEBBLY | Medium grained | Massive planar and cross-bedding.  Some slump and dewatering structures. | Medium - fine grained sandstone with common pebble bands.   Often cross-bedded. | Susceptible to exfoliation, frost penetration, and insect drilling.  Moderately soft stone. | Walling. | On [NAME] initial spreadsheet list but not observed  / identified in buildings during fieldwork. However, probably used near Kings [NAME], [NAME] and in [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge - [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .p 108. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1348 | [NAME] | 1 | Bromsgrove Sandstone | Medium - fine grained well-sorted sandstone. Infrequent occurances of scattered, small pebbles of vein quartz, grey to liver-coloured quartzite and black chert.  Massive beddding.  Cut as ashlar blocks. Sometime chisel dressed - textured surface. Local name for Bromsgrove Sandstone when dug near to the village of Kegworth. | GREY | Uniform | Grey, buff or greenish [NAME]Sometimes banded or mottled pink and greenish-grey. | BROMSGROVE SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | Massive planar and cross-bedding.  Some slump and dewatering structures. | Well sorted, medium - fine grained sandstone. Moderately soft.  Often cross-bedded. | Susceptible to exfoliation, frost penetration, and insect drilling.  Moderately soft stone. | Major building stone used in all parts of a structure. | In and around the village of Kegworth. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge - [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 108 - 109.  Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p17. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1349 | Shepshed Stone | 1 | Pinky Hill Stone | Medium grained sandstone, usually grey, [NAME], with small angluar rock fragments eroded from the Charnian Supergroup. Usually dressed. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | SHEPSHED SANDSTONE MEMBER | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE | Medium grained | Often cross-bedded. | Small angular rock chips in medium grained sandstone. Often cross-bedded. | Moderately strong stone. Stone chips may stand proud as stone is gradually eroded. | Building walls. | Around the northern fringes of the Charnwood 'uplands', | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p17. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1350 | Pinky Hill Stone | 1 | Shepshed Stone | Medium grained sandstone, usually grey, [NAME], with small angluar rock fragments eroded from the Charnian Supergroup. Usually dressed. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | SHEPSHED SANDSTONE MEMBER | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE | Medium grained | Often cross-bedded. | Small angular rock chips in medium grained sandstone. Often cross-bedded. | Moderately strong stone. Stone chips may stand proud as stone is gradually eroded. | Building walls. | Around the northern fringes of the Charnwood 'uplands', | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge - [NAME].   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p17. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1351 | Kidderminster Sandstone | 1 |  | Medium to coarse grained, well-sorted red or yellow sandstone.  Usually cut as ashlar. |  | Uniform | Yellowish brown to brownish red. | KIDDERMINSTER FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | Massive bedded. | Well sorted, medium - grained sandstone. Moderately soft. Red and yellow in colour. | Stones become rounded with time, both as convex and concave, pitted surfaces. | Used in any part of structures where seen.  E.g. ? [NAME] | Far west Leicestershire | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville. 2010. BGS. p18. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1352 | Triassic Pebbly Sandstone | 1 |  | Medium - coarse grained sandstone, usually grey, occasionaly pinkish, with  sub-angular to rounded pebbles a few mm to over a cm in size, of various lithologies (mainly quartz and feldspar), scattered or laid down in cross bedding. Term used for any pebbly Triassic sandstone not indentified as being from a particular Formation. | GREY | Uniform | Grey, yellow-grey or pinkish grey | SHERWOOD SANDSTONE GROUP | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE | Medium grained | Often cross-bedded. | Medium - coarse grained sandstone with sub-angular to rounded pebbles, often marking cross-bedding. | Moderately strong stone. Pebbles may stand proud as stone is gradually eroded. | Building walls. | West and north-west Leciestershire. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1353 | Triassic Red Sandstone | 1 | Bunter Sandstone | Medium to coarse grained, well-sorted red sandstone.  Usually cut as ashlar. Term used for any red Triassic sandstone not indentified as being from a particular Formation. | RED | Uniform | Medium to dark red. | SHERWOOD SANDSTONE GROUP | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | Massive bedded. Very occasionally cross-bedded. | Red colour. Well sorted, medium - coarse grained sandstone. Moderately soft. | Stones become rounded with time, both as convex and concave, pitted surfaces. | Scattered ashlar blocks in church walls, often as a repair. | West and south Leciestershire. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1354 | [NAME] | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | MOIRA FORMATION | PERMIAN to TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1355 | Bulwell Stone | 1 |  | Coarse grained crystalline stone with visible cubic crystal faces of dolomite.  Always squared and sometimes dressed to give a knobbly surface. | BUFF | Uniform | [NAME] with pink-orange tints. | CADEBY FORMATION | PERMIAN | DOLOMITE | Coarse grained | No common structures, but rare concretionary traces identified by a slight colour change - the original bedding structures have been destroyed but traces remain as crenulated recrystallisation surfaces, often marked by a green clay parting. | Composed of cubic, sugar-like crystals of even grain size (about 1-2mm). Colour from pale [NAME] to slightly red-pink. | stong stone - very stable | Any part of a building. Seen in scattered repair work in Leicestershire churches and occasionally as the sole material in modern garden walls. | Minor repairs anywhere in the county. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 105 - 107. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1356 | Coal Measures Sandstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1357 | Millstone Grit | 1 |  | Relatively hard stone, faily dense, medium to coare grained sandstone.  Moderately rounded grains mainly of quartz and feldspar, ocassionally with scattered mica.  Always an ashlar, sometimes face dressed / textured. | GREY | Spotted | Grey | MILLSTONE GRIT GROUP [SEE ALSO MIGR] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE | Coarse grained | Massive bedding, ocassionally showing large scale cross-bedding. | Hard stone in relation to Triassic sandstones.  Often has a speckled appearance. Massive bedding. [NAME] or fawn-grey colour. | very strong, resistant stone. | May be used in any part of a building, but often used for quioins, butresses and dripstones. | All over the county. Usually for repair work; rarely for entire buildings. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 102 - 104. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1358 | Thringstone | 1 | ?? Millstone Grit |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] | CARBONIFEROUS | CONGLOMERATE |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1359 | [NAME] | 1 |  | In Leicestershire, this is fine grained limestone and dolomitic limestone.  Minor traces of shell debris. Massive - bedding not seen.  Used as an angluar rubble stone, very occasionally irregularly dressed. | GREY | Uniform | Pale - medium grey | PEAK LIMESTONE GROUP | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE | Very fine grained | none | Hard, very fine grained massive grey stone. Rare shell traces. | very strong | Local building walls - often in decorative 'rustic' buildings. | NW Leicestershire. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. Pp 8 -10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1360 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] | Fine grained limestones. Massive - bedding not seen.  Used as an angluar rubble stone, never dressed.  Very small outcrop near to [NAME]. | GREY | Uniform | Pale - medium grey | TICKNALL LIMESTONE FORMATION | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE | Very fine grained | none | Very fine grained massive grey stone. | very strong | Very minor component in the old chapel walls at Grace Dieu Priory. | [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Fieldwork - Albert Horton. Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1361 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Very fine grained cream dolomite with fossil casts and many small voids (?after [NAME]). |  | Uniform | Cream | CLOUD HILL DOLOSTONE FORMATION | CARBONIFEROUS | DOLOMITE | Very fine grained | none | Very fine grained cream coloured dolomite with fossil casts. Hard rock. | very strong | Only known to be used as a rubblestone in the walls of Osgathorpe church. | In the church at Osgathorpe. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME]. Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. p10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1362 | Breedon Stone | 1 |  | Fine grained dolomitic limestone.  Some fossil casts and traces of shell debris. Massive - bedding very rarely seen in building stone, although bedded at outcrop.  Used as an angluar rubble stone and as squared, variably-sized, dressed stone.  Cream to pale fawn in colour, but often appearing grey in buildings because of surface dirt and lichen. Sometimes autobrecciated. |  | Uniform | Cream to pale grey | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | DOLOMITE | Very fine grained | none | Very fine grained, hard, massive dolostone. Cream in colour, but may appear grey because of lichen.  Shell and shell debris traces. | very strong | Local building walls - often in decorative 'rustic' buildings. | Village of Breedon on the Hill and in vernacular buildings within a radious of about 4km. Also at a small chapel in Packington. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough. 2002. BGS. [NAME]. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1363 | [NAME] | 1 | Mountsorrel granite | Medium to coarse grained, inequigranular crystalline igneous rock.  [NAME] to red feldspars, grey to colourless quartz with minor proportion of black ferro-magnesian minerals, including biotite.  Commonly used as angular rubble.  Often flat face laid like vertical crazy paving.  Occasionally squared. | PINK | Spotted | No weathered colours other than sometimes a slight darkening overall. | MOUNTSORREL COMPLEX | ORDOVICIAN | GRANODIORITE | Medium grained | few xenoliths (fragments of older rocks often over 5cm in size) | Medium to coarse grained, hard, massive,crystalline rock.  Mainly pink to red, locally grey, with grey crystals and smaller black crystals giving a speckled appearance. | very strong | Rubble stone used in any part of a building wall. Used for footings / foundations in buildings.  Also used in boundary walls and as paving setts and kerbstones.  Never used for carvings or mouldings. | Central north Leicestershire and areas immediately N and E of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 100 - 101.  Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 6 - 7. Expanded account in BGS Sheet Description for Sheet 156. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1364 | Mountsorrel Granite | 1 | Mountsorrel granodiorite | Medium to coarse grained, inequigranular crystalline igneous rock.  [NAME] to red feldspars, grey to colourless quartz with minor proportion of black ferro-magnesian minerals, including biotite.  Commonly used as angular rubble.  Often flat face laid like vertical crazy paving.  Occasionally squared. | PINK | Spotted | No weathered colours other than sometimes a slight darkening overall. | MOUNTSORREL COMPLEX | ORDOVICIAN | GRANODIORITE | Medium grained | few xenoliths (fragments of older rocks often over 5cm in size) | Medium to coarse grained, hard, massive,crystalline rock.  Mainly pink to red, locally grey, with grey crystals and smaller black crystals giving a speckled appearance. | very strong | Rubble stone used in any part of a building wall. Used for footings / foundations in buildings.  Also used in boundary walls and as paving setts and kerbstones.  Never used for carvings or mouldings. | Central north Leicestershire and areas immediately N and E of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME]. [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 100 - 101.  Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 6 - 7. Expanded account in BGS Sheet Description for Sheet 156. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1365 | South Leicestershire Diorite | 1 |  | Medium to coarse grained, inequigranular in parts, purplish-grey to pink, crystalline igneous rock.  [NAME] to red feldspars, grey to colourless quartz with minor proportion of dark green to black ferro-magnesian minerals.  Commonly used as angular rubble.  Often flat face laid like vertical crazy paving.  Occasionally squared. | PINK | Spotted | No weathered colours other than sometimes a slight darkening overall. | SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE DIORITE COMPLEX | ORDOVICIAN | Diorite | Medium grained | few xenoliths (fragments of older rocks often over 5cm in size) | Medium to coarse grained, hard, massive,crystalline rock.  Mainly pink to red, locally grey, with grey crystals and smaller black crystals giving a speckled appearance. | very strong | Rubble stone used in any part of a building wall. Used for footings / foundations in buildings.  Also used in boundary walls and as paving setts and kerbstones.  Never used for carvings or mouldings. | SW and S of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 100 - 101.  Geology of the Leicester District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 156 Leicester, 2009. BGS. pp 6 - 7.  Expanded account in BGS Sheet Description for Sheet 156.  Carney, J., 2010. Magma mixing in the South Leicestershire Diorite:evidence from an Ordovician pluton at Croft Quarry. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 17 (3), p. 166 - 172. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1366 | Swithland Slate | 1 | Brand Slate | Mostly dark grey to purple-grey silty mudstones.  Quarried from two main areas just a km apart near to the village of Swithland in east [NAME], and another area in the south of Charnwood at Groby.  The  cleavage is poor and uneven, but the stone is used for thick roofing slate and for gravestones which are mainly grey but may be a pale green.  This is the more clay-rich stone which locally contains laminated silt horizons causing the pale green colour. The remainder (the larger part) of the rock formation is used locally as slabby rubblestone in building and boundary walls. |  | Uniform | [NAME], dark green-grey, purple-grey and pale green. | [NAME] | CAMBRIAN | SLATES | Very fine grained | Irregular slaty cleavage.  Infrequent silty lamination.  [NAME] bioturbation (occasionally seen in gravestones). | Dark grey to purplish-grey  or dark green-grey, and occasionally pale green slates and angular slabby rubblestone. | very strong | Mainly used for thick roofing slate and gravestones (the more clay-rich horizons).  The remainder is used locally as slabby rubblestone in building and boundary walls. | Countywide use as a roofing slate.  As a building stone, local use only in the central and eastern half of Charnwood, particularly in the villages of Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 99 - 100.  Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1367 | Brand Slate | 1 | Swithland Slate | Mostly dark grey to purple-grey silty mudstones.  Quarried from two main areas just a km apart near to the village of Swithland in east [NAME], and another area in the south of Charnwood at Groby.  The  cleavage is poor and uneven, but the stone is used for thick roofing slate and for gravestones which are mainly grey but may be a pale green.  This is the more clay-rich stone which locally contains laminated silt horizons causing the pale green colour. The remainder (the larger part) of the rock formation is used locally as slabby rubblestone in building and boundary walls. |  | Uniform | [NAME], dark green-grey, purple-grey and pale green. | [NAME] | CAMBRIAN | SLATES | Very fine grained | Irregular slaty cleavage.  Infrequent silty lamination.  [NAME] bioturbation (occasionally seen in gravestones). | Dark grey to purplish-grey  or dark green-grey, and occasionally pale green slates and angular slabby rubblestone. | very strong | Mainly used for thick roofing slate and gravestones (the more clay-rich horizons).  The remainder is used locally as slabby rubblestone in building and boundary walls. | Countywide use as a roofing slate.  As a building stone, local use only in the central and eastern half of Charnwood, particularly in the villages of Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), .pp 99 - 100.  Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1368 | Stable [NAME] | 1 |  | Strong, even grained quartz arenite.  Quartz crystals commonly dark grey on fresh surfaces.  May be cross-bedded but this is rarely seen when used as a building stone because of the small size of the squared blocks used. | GREY | Uniform | Pale brownish-grey | STABLE PIT MEMBER | CAMBRIAN | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | Cross bedding, but rarely seen in building stone. | Hard stone. Uniform texture and colour - pale grey to brown-grey. Small blocks. | very strong | Small squared rubblestone used as a very minor component in walls. | Rare occurences SW of Leicester. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].    Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1369 | South Charnwood Diorite | 1 |  | Term covering both [NAME] and [NAME]. Medium to coarse grained crystalline igneous rock.  Green to grey feldspars in a pink to grey matrix with microscopic granophyric texture (i.e. quartz / alkali feldspar intergrowths); about 40-50% of dark-green to black ferro-magnesian minerals.  Commonly used as angular rubble.  Often flat face laid like vertical crazy paving.  Occasionally squared. |  | Spotted | No weathered colours | SOUTH CHARNWOOD DIORITES | PROTEROZOIC | IGNEOUS, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | few xenoliths (fragments of older rocks often over 5cm in size) | Medium to coarse grained, hard, massive,crystalline rock.  Speckled appearance. Dark pink or dark grey colour overall. | very strong | Rubble stone used in any part of a building wall. Used for footings / foundations in buildings.  Also used in boundary walls and as paving setts and kerbstones.  Never used for carvings or mouldings. | NW and W of Leicester, especially in the villages of [NAME] and [NAME]. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].    Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. Pp 9 - 10.  Geology of the Country around Coalville. Memoir for geological Sheet 155 Coalville, 1988. BGS. pp75 - 79. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1370 | [NAME] | 1 | South Charnwood Diorite | Medium to coarse grained crystalline igneous rock.  [NAME] to red feldspars, grey to colourless quartz with minor proportion of dark-green to black ferro-magnesian minerals.  Commonly used as angular rubble.  Often flat face laid like vertical crazy paving.  Occasionally squared. | DARK-PINK | Spotted | No weathered colours | SOUTH CHARNWOOD DIORITES | PROTEROZOIC | IGNEOUS, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | few xenoliths (fragments of older rocks often over 5cm in size) | Medium to coarse grained, hard, massive,crystalline rock.  Dark pink to red crystals, grey crystals and smaller black crystals. | very strong | Rubble stone used in any part of a building wall. Used for footings / foundations in buildings.  Also used in boundary walls and as paving setts and kerbstones.  Never used for carvings or mouldings. | NW and W of Leicester, especially in the village of Groby. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].    Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. Pp 9 - 10.  Geology of the Country around Coalville. Memoir for geological Sheet 155 Coalville, 1988. BGS. pp75 - 79. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1371 | Markfieldite | 1 | South Charnwood Diorite | Medium to coarse grained crystalline igneous rock.  Pale grey plagioclase feldspar and black to dark green mafic minerals. Used as angular rubble or small squared paving setts. |  | Spotted | No weathered colours | SOUTH CHARNWOOD DIORITES | PROTEROZOIC | IGNEOUS, MEDIUM-GRAINED | Medium grained | none | Medium, to coarse grained, hard, massive crystalline rock.  [NAME] grey colour overall. Spotted appearance from pale grey feldspar and black to dark green mafic ([NAME]) minerals. | very strong | Rubble stone used as a very minor component in building walls close to the outcrop and exported futher afield as small sqared paving setts. | Used as a building stone in the village of Markfield but county wide and across southern England as paving setts. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].    Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. Pp 9 - 10.  Geology of the Country around Coalville. Memoir for geological Sheet 155 Coalville, 1988. BGS. pp75 - 79. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1372 | North Charnwood Diorite | 1 |  | Dense, medium to coarse grained igneous rock, dark grey, with abundant large [NAME] crystals in a medium-grained matrix, giving an overall mottled texture. |  | Uniform | No weathered colours | NORTH CHARNWOOD DIORITE | PROTEROZOIC | Diorite | Coarse grained | none | Coarse grained, very dark grey, almost black or occasionally very dark green, dense crystalline rock. | very strong | Rubblestone, only used as a very minor component in church walls very local to the outcrop. | Very local use in north Charnwood, e.g. Shepshed church. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].    Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 9.  Geology of the Country around Coalville. Memoir for geological Sheet 155 Coalville, 1988. BGS. pp 79 - 80.    The Geology of the East Midlands, eds [NAME] PC and Ford TD.  1968.  Leicester University Press. Chapter 1, p 10.  Sheet Description for Sheet 141 Loughborough, BGS, pp. 8-9. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1373 | St [NAME] | 1 |  | Massive crystal-lithic tuff (grading vertically to volcanic breccia) and graded crystal tuffs. Mainly coarse to granule grade, but very fine-grained beds or laminae also present. [NAME] of a volcanic explosion. | GREY | Spotted | Grey to cream | ST BERNARD TUFF MEMBER | PROTEROZOIC | NOT ENTERED | Granule grade | Planar bedding and lamination at various scales, but not always seen in building stones. | Rubblestone with crystals and rock fragments in a finer matrix.  Grey colour.  Planar bedding and lamination at various scales. | Selective weathering of mineral components. | Rubblestone used in building walls and field walls. | Mount St [NAME] and surrounding buildings. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. [NAME].  Expanded account in Sheet Description for Sheet 141 Loughborough, BGS, p.7. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1374 | Charnian – banded tuff | 1 |  | Hard, fine grained, volcaniclastic or pyroclastic rocks, made up mainly of lithic volcanic grains (andesite and dacite), with some volcanic ash.  Colour banding reflects the grain size.  Poorly cleaved.  General term used for any Charnian banded tuff, the precise geological source unit of which cannot be identifed from a building stone. |  | Banded | Pale - medium greys, greens and cream. | MAPLEWELL GROUP | PROTEROZOIC | NOT ENTERED | Fine grained | Typically thinly bedded to laminated; massive in parts. Graded bedding and slumped bedding common. | Colour-banded, hard, angular rubblestone.  Fine grained. | Very strong - can only be broken along cleavage planes. | Angular rubblestone used in churches and vernacular building walls and dry stone walls. | In and around Charnwood Forest. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. pp 3 - 7. Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. pp 3 - 9.  Expanded account in Sheet Description for Sheet 141 Loughborough, BGS, p. 5-7 and in BGS Memoir for the Coalville District, Sheet 155 and references therein. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1375 | Peldar Dacite [NAME] | 1 |  | A fine grained, grey-green dacite lava, enclosing ovoid masses (2 - 25cm) of a dark grey porphyritic dacite with phenocrysts (up to 10 mm crystals) of quartz and feldspar in a fine-grained, grey-green matrix.  The result of an extrusion of lava into water.  Brecciation is not always evident in building stones.  Weathered surfaces often have an uneven, corrugated texture. | GREY | Spotted | Pale  greenish-grey, but cream or rusty brown on joint surfaces | PELDAR DACITE BRECCIA | PROTEROZOIC | LAVA | Granule grade | none | Grey to greenish grey fine grained lava enclosing 'blobs' of very similar courser grained lava with large crystals (phenocrysts) of  quartz and cloudy [NAME]  Weathered surfaces often have an uneven, corrugated texture. | Selective weathering of mineral components. | Rubblestone, only used as a minor component in church walls local to the outcrop. | NW Charnwood. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. pp 6 - 7.  Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. pp 6.  Carney, J., 2000. Igneous processes within late Precambrian volcanic centres near Whitwick, northwestern Charnwood Forest. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (1), pp. 18-20. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1376 | Sharpley Porphyritic Dacite | 1 |  | A lava with prominent phenocrysts (2-5 mm crystals) of quartz and feldspar in a fine-grained, grey-lavender matrix. |  | Spotted | Pale grey-lavender, but cream or brown on joint surfaces | SHARPLEY PORPHYRITIC DACITE | PROTEROZOIC | LAVA | Granule grade | none | Fine grained, pale grey to pale lavendar matrix with larger ( up to 5 mm) prominent phenocrysts (large crystals) of grey transparent quartz and cloudy [NAME]. | Preferential weathering of the matrix, leaving upstanding crystals. | Rubblestone, only used as a very minor component in church walls very local to the outcrop. | NW Charnwood, including [NAME] church. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. pp 6 - 7.  Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. pp 6 - 7. Expanded account in Sheet Description 141 Loughborough, BGS, p8.  Carney, J., 2000. Igneous processes within late Precambrian volcanic centres near Whitwick, northwestern Charnwood Forest. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (1), pp. 14-16. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1377 | Grimley Andesite | 1 |  | Fine grained massive rock with a weak cleavage, sometimes with scattered phenocrysts (crystals).  [NAME] when fresh but commonly surface weathering to a strong red colour. | GREEN | Mottled | Commonly strong, deep red but often mottled with original green-grey shades still visible. | GRIMLEY ANDESITE | PROTEROZOIC | LAVA | Fine grained | none | Red coloured weathered surface; dark grey-green when fresh.  Fine grained massive rock with a weak claevage, sometimes with scattered phenocrysts (crystals). | very strong | Rubblestone in building and field walls. | In and around the village of Whitwick. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 6. Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. p 7. Expanded account in Sheet Description 141 Loughborough, p.8.  Carney, J., 2000. Igneous processes within late Precambrian volcanic centres near Whitwick, northwestern Charnwood Forest. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (1), p. 10. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1378 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] | Fine grained, crystalline, hard, angular rubblestone.  Dark green-grey colour.  Indistinctly mottled in parts due to autoclastic brecciation. Surface joint staining may give a dull red colour.  Uneven fracture surfaces.  Can be similar in appearance to [NAME] - derived from the same magma. |  | Uniform | Dark green-grey, and purple-grey but dull red on joint surfaces. | BARDON BRECCIA | PROTEROZOIC | LAVA | Fine grained | none | Dark green-grey colour with some red joint stained weathering surfaces. Fine-grained, crystalline, sharply angular rubblestone.  Shadowy breccia texture (autoclastic breccia) in parts. | very strong | Angular rubblestone used in church  and garden walls. | Villages of Bardon and Hugglescote | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 7.  Geology of the Country around Coalville, Memoir for geological Sheet 155 Coalville, 1988. BGS. pp 12 - 13. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1379 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] | Fine grained, crystalline, hard, angular rubblestone.  Dark green-grey colour.  Indistinctly mottled in parts due to autoclastic brecciation. Surface joint staining may give a dull red colour.  Uneven fracture surfaces.  Can be similar in appearance to [NAME] - derived from the same magma. |  | Uniform | Dark green-grey, and purple-grey but dull red on joint surfaces. | BARDON BRECCIA | PROTEROZOIC | LAVA | Fine grained | none | Dark green-grey colour with some red joint stained weathering surfaces. Fine-grained, crystalline, sharply angular rubblestone.  Shadowy breccia texture (autoclastic breccia) in parts. | very strong | Angular rubblestone used in church  and garden walls. | Villages of Bardon and Hugglescote | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. p 7.  Geology of the Country around Coalville, Memoir for geological Sheet 155 Coalville, 1988. BGS. pp 12 - 13. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1380 | Charnian – crystal tuffs | 1 |  | Fine grained debris of a volcanic explosion (grading laterally to volcanic breccias).  Sub angular rubblestone.  The weathering of crystals may result in a spotted appearance.  General term used for any Charnian crystal tuff, the precise geological source unit of which cannot be identifed from a building stone.  These are found throughout the Maplewell and Blackbrook groups, although many are not strictly true 'crystal' tuffs. | GREY | Spotted | Grey and grey-green | CHARNIAN SUPERGROUP | PROTEROZOIC | NOT ENTERED | Granule grade | none | Rubblestone with crystals and crystal fragments of all sizes in a finer matrix.  Usually grey or grey-green in colour. | Selective weathering of mineral components. | Rubblestone used in building walls and field walls. | In and around Charnwood Forest. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] (advice) and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. pp 3 - 7.   Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. pp 3 - 9. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1381 | Charnian – volcaniclastic breccia | 1 |  | Angular to sub-rounded rock fragments enclosed in a matrix of finer debris.  General term used for any Charnian breccia, the precise geological source unit of which cannot be identifed from a building stone.  Many may be from the Charnwood Lodge Volcanic Formation. |  | Mottled | Varied, depening upon source, but often grey or grey green. | CHARNIAN SUPERGROUP | PROTEROZOIC | BRECCIA |  | none | Large (2cm to tens of cm in a building stone) angular fragments in a finer grained matrix. | Differential weathering of components. | Rubblestone in building and field walls. | In and around Charnwood Forest. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME] and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. [NAME].  Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. pp 3 - 9. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1382 | Charnian – volcaniclastic sandstone | 1 |  | Dense, fine to course grained sediment with volcaniclastic debris and two breccia horizons. Arenaceous mudstones, siltstones and sandstones.  General term used for any Charnian volcaniclastic sandstone, the precise geological source unit of which cannot be identifed from a building stone. | GREY | Banded | No weathered colours | BLACKBROOK GROUP | PROTEROZOIC | SANDSTONE |  | Repeated graded bedding and grain size banding | Colour  / grain-size banded, hard, angular rubblestone.  Grain size varying from fine to course grained.  Colours pale grey, greenish-grey and dark grey. A darker grey colour overall than the Charnian banded tuffs. | very strong | Rubblestone in building and field walls. | Shepshed area and to the north-west of Shepshed. | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and fieldwork - [NAME], [NAME] (advice) and [NAME].  [NAME], [NAME], 2001. Geology and Building Stones in the East Midlands. MERCIAN GEOLOGIST 15 (2), p 99.   Geology of the Coalville District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 155 Coalville, 2010. BGS. pp 3 - 9.  Geology of the Loughborough District, brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 141 Loughborough, 2002. BGS. pp 3 - 7.   Expanded account in Sheet Description 141 Loughborough, BGS, pp. 4-5. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1383 | Charnian – mixed | 1 |  | Very general term used for rubblestone of mixed, but unidentified lithologies from the rocks of Charnwood Forest. |  |  |  | CHARNIAN SUPERGROUP | PROTEROZOIC | NOT ENTERED |  |  | Angular rubblestone in shades of greys and green when fresh, but often weathered to shades of cream, pale pink, red and brown. |  |  | Charnwood Forest area and within a few kilometre radius of it. |  | ? | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1384 | Charnian – metasediments | 1 |  | Very general term used for rubblestone of mixed, but unidentified volcaniclastic lithologies from the rocks of Charnwood Forest. |  |  |  | CHARNIAN SUPERGROUP | PROTEROZOIC | NOT ENTERED |  |  | Angular rubblestone in shades of greys and green when fresh, but often weathered to shades of cream, pale pink, red and brown. Often banded in appearance. |  |  | Charnwood Forest area and within a few kilometre radius of it. |  | ? | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1385 | Charnian – igneous | 1 |  | Very general term used for rubblestone of mixed, but unidentified [NAME] and intrusive rocks from Charnwood Forest. |  |  |  | CHARNIAN SUPERGROUP | PROTEROZOIC | NOT ENTERED |  |  | Angular crystalline rubblestone in shades of greys and green when fresh, but often weathered to shades of cream, pale pink, red and brown. Often speckled in appearance due to the visibility of various larger crystals. |  |  | Charnwood Forest area and within a few kilometre radius of it. |  | ? | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1386 | Cob | 1 |  | Ancient building material formed mainly of mud and gravel with binding material such as hair or chopped straw.  Usually protected from wetting by stone coping or thatch and sometimes a limewash coating. |  | Spotted | Often pale ochreous brown, reflecting the colour of the local clay. | PARENT UNIT NOT YET ASSIGNED OR CONFIRMED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | MUD |  | none | Pebbly clay walls. | Not load bearing.  Prone to swelling if wet. | [NAME] and boundary walls. | [NAME] and two occurrances in Long Clawson and Great Dalby (NE Leics). | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 | J Harrald | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Personal knowledge and field work - [NAME] and [NAME]. Friar, S. 1996. The Companion to the English Parish Church. Chancellor Press. p 129. | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1387 | Stone flags (Unknown) | 1 |  | Unidentified Stone Flag used for roofing |  |  |  | PARENT UNIT NOT YET ASSIGNED OR CONFIRMED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | NOT ENTERED |  |  | Unidentified Stone Flag used for roofing |  | Roofing | Leicestershire | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 | D Cameron | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | [NAME] spreadsheet | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1388 | Barnstone Member limestone | 1 |  |  | GREY |  |  | BARNSTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Leicestershire | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 | S Parry | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Leicestershire Sources spreadsheet | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1389 | Bradgate Formation volcaniclastic siltstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | [NAME] | PROTEROZOIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED |  |  |  |  |  | Leicestershire | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 | S Parry | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Leicestershire Sources spreadsheet | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1390 | Ives Head Formation tuffaceous sandstone | 1 |  |  | GREY |  |  | IVES HEAD FORMATION | PROTEROZOIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED |  |  |  |  |  | Leicestershire | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 | S Parry | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Leicestershire Sources spreadsheet | 2012-05-16 10:20:50
1391 | [NAME] (general) | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED |  |  |  |  |  | Leicestershire | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 | S Parry | Leicestershire County Council | Leicestershire English Heritage Atlas Area | Leicestershire Sources spreadsheet | 2012-05-16 10:20:50