Purbeck stone

E402256

building stone dimension stone limestone

Purbeck stone is a durable limestone from England’s Isle of Purbeck, historically prized for building and decorative architectural work.

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All labels observed (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building stone ⓘ dimension stone ⓘ limestone ⓘ
color	blue-grey ⓘ brown ⓘ buff ⓘ grey ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf	calcium carbonate ⓘ
contains	fossils ⓘ shell fragments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
economicActivity	stone quarrying industry in Purbeck ⓘ
exportedTo	continental Europe ⓘ other parts of Britain ⓘ
geologicalAgeDetail	Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous ⓘ
geologicalFormationType	sedimentary rock ⓘ
geologicalPeriod	Jurassic ⓘ
hasNotableUse	polished shafts in Gothic architecture ⓘ
hasQuality	durable ⓘ fine-grained ⓘ hard-wearing ⓘ polishable ⓘ
isNot	true metamorphic marble ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Dorset ⓘ
locatedInArea	Isle of Purbeck ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Purbeck Group ⓘ
quarriedIn	Isle of Purbeck ⓘ
quarryingMethod	open-pit quarrying ⓘ
regionalSignificance	traditional Dorset building material ⓘ
tradeName	Purbeck stone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Purbeck marble
usedExtensivelyInPeriod	Norman period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ
usedFor	architectural detailing ⓘ building construction ⓘ columns ⓘ exterior cladding ⓘ flooring ⓘ fonts ⓘ interior decoration ⓘ monuments ⓘ paving ⓘ shafts ⓘ tombs ⓘ
usedIn	cathedrals in England ⓘ church architecture ⓘ secular buildings ⓘ
usedSince	Roman period ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Worth Matravers → traditionalBuildingMaterial → Purbeck stone ⓘ

Isle of Purbeck → knownFor → Purbeck stone ⓘ

Isle of Purbeck → geology → Purbeck stone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purbeck Beds

Isle of Purbeck → hasMaterial → Purbeck stone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purbeck marble

Kingston, Dorset → buildingMaterial → Purbeck stone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purbeck limestone

Winspit quarry → materialExtracted → Purbeck stone ⓘ

Winspit quarry → geologicalFormation → Purbeck stone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purbeck limestone

Corfe Castle village → hasBuildingMaterial → Purbeck stone ⓘ

Purbeck stone quarrying tradition → usesMaterial → Purbeck stone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purbeck limestone

Purbeck stone → tradeName → Purbeck stone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purbeck marble