Limestone (GB.24.0003)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Bioclastic limestone (coral rich)
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Carboniferous; Middle Missisipian; Visean
- Lithostratigraphy
- Yoredale Group; Tyne Limestone Formation
- Rock name
- Asbian limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Dun limestone
- Additional information
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Late Asbian to Brigantian Substages. This limestone is part of so-called cyclothems, cyclic successions of shale, sandstone, coal and limestone. They belong to the Tyne Limestone Formation of the Yoredale Group.
Cobble sampled on the coast of Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK)
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Northumberland; Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Site name
- Undefined beach, Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Additional contextual information
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This type of limestone crops out directly South of the Scottish border and their erosion produced boulders and pebbles covering the beaches near Berwick upon Tweed.
Sample Berwick-3.
- Natural color
- brownish grey
- Aged color
- grafisch beige
- Components
- corals and crinoids; calcite
- Texture
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- corals
- Additional information
- pictures of sawn sides show both dry and wet surface
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- GB.24.0003
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
De Clercq et al. 2017
- Full reference
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De Clercq W., Dreesen R., Dumolyn J., Leloup W. & Tracht J. 2017. Ballasting the Hanse: Baltoscandian erratic cobbles in the Later Medieval port landscape of Bruges. European Journal of Archaeology 20, 4: 710-736.
Dreesen & De Clercq 2020
- Full reference
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Dreesen R. & De Clercq W. 2020. Ballaststenen en hun rol in het voormalige middeleeuwse Brugse havenlandschap. In: De Kock T., De Ceukelaire M. & Van der Star C. (Eds.). Pracht en Praal, 7e Vlaams-Nederlandse natuursteendagen, 12-13 maart 2020, Antwerpen. Professional Papers of the Geological Survey of Belgium, 318: 7-18.
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