Category:Bath stone
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Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath, England its distinctive appearance. An important feature of Bath Stone is that it is a 'freestone', so-called because it can be sawn or 'squared up' in any direction, unlike other rocks such as slate, which forms distinct layers. Bath Stone has been used extensively as a building material throughout southern England, for churches, houses, and public buildings such as railway stations. Some quarries are still in use, but the majority have been either converted to other purposes or are being filled in.
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This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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- Bath Stone sculptures (1 F)
Media in category "Bath stone"
The following 26 files are in this category, out of 26 total.
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14 District - geograph.org.uk - 334350.jpg 640 × 413; 25 KB
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19 District - geograph.org.uk - 318588.jpg 640 × 480; 69 KB
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Barn To South West Of Rudloe Manor.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.1 MB
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Bottom of 19 District Slope Shaft - geograph.org.uk - 318599.jpg 640 × 480; 72 KB
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Bottom of 20 District Slope Shaft - geograph.org.uk - 318612.jpg 640 × 436; 46 KB
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Box Mine Wilts - geograph.org.uk - 1195160.jpg 640 × 426; 75 KB
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Box Mine Wilts - geograph.org.uk - 1195173.jpg 640 × 432; 110 KB
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Box Mine Wilts - geograph.org.uk - 1197974.jpg 640 × 439; 107 KB
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Box Mine Wilts - geograph.org.uk - 1197976.jpg 640 × 426; 82 KB
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Box Mine, Clifftworks - geograph.org.uk - 1197971.jpg 449 × 640; 93 KB
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Box stone mine - geograph.org.uk - 1209480.jpg 640 × 434; 116 KB
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Brewers Yard Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 334363.jpg 640 × 436; 43 KB
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Church of St Stephen (United Reformed and Methodist).jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.9 MB
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District 19 Monkton Farleigh CAD (geograph 4118006).jpg 640 × 416; 79 KB
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Entrance Gates And Screen To Rudloe Manor.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.2 MB
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Farly Down Quarry.jpg 640 × 425; 54 KB
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Firs quarry.jpg 640 × 421; 50 KB
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Hayes Wood Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 334397.jpg 640 × 480; 40 KB
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Hayes Wood Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 334400.jpg 640 × 480; 44 KB
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Old Crane - geograph.org.uk - 334407.jpg 640 × 480; 57 KB
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Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 334339.jpg 640 × 432; 42 KB
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Ridge Quarry (geograph 4133284).jpg 640 × 426; 95 KB
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Rudloe Cottage.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.63 MB
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Spring Mine Box Hill Wilts - geograph.org.uk - 1195155.jpg 640 × 430; 78 KB
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St Mary's church, Fretherne - geograph.org.uk - 759218.jpg 640 × 480; 83 KB
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The Cathedral, Box Mine - geograph.org.uk - 1195167.jpg 1,830 × 2,751; 1.52 MB
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