Ham Hill stonen.

Forms: also Ham stone.

Etymology: < the name of the Ham Hill quarry near Yeovil + stone n.

A Somerset stone, representative of the lower part of the Upper Lias, quarried in the Ham Hill quarry and used widely for building purposes in the area.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > other types of building stone

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bluestone1709

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chimney rock1847

Ham Hill stone1889

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others

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pietra serena1873

Ham Hill stone1889

1889 H. B. Woodward in Proc. Bath Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Club VI. 182 The celebrated building-stone of Ham Hill, near Yeovil..is not without geological interest... The Ham Hill stone is mainly composed of sand and comminuted shells.

1918 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 74 169 At Ham Hill..the portion of moorei date is exposed in the big quarry on the hill and the main mass of it is a ‘freestone’—the celebrated Ham-Hill Building-Stone. In the big quarry the sequence is as follows: 1. Sand..2. ‘Riddings’..3. Ham-Hill Stone.

1936 G. Pollett Song for Sixpence ix. 76 This grey Ham stone is most satisfying to the eye.

1961 Countryman 58 iii. 439 Sophisticated strangers are not yet trying to buy the lovely old Ham~stone farmhouses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	ham hill stone
释义	Ham Hill stonen. Forms: also Ham stone. Etymology: < the name of the Ham Hill quarry near Yeovil + stone n. A Somerset stone, representative of the lower part of the Upper Lias, quarried in the Ham Hill quarry and used widely for building purposes in the area. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > other types of building stone rag1313 mould-stone1353 Caen-stone1421 ornel1432 Yorkshire stone1569 Portland stone1633 bluestone1709 fieldstone1797 whitbed1812 water stone1815 cabook1834 chimney rock1847 Ham Hill stone1889 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others firestone1399 hassock1461 red stone1602 penistone1688 bluestone1709 gingerbread1714 brownstone1780 molasse1794 Old Red Sandstone1805 chip sand1808 fox-bench1816 New Red Sandstone1818 grey band1824 arkose1839 cankstone1845 St. Bees Sandstone1865 pietra serena1873 Ham Hill stone1889 1889 H. B. Woodward in Proc. Bath Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Club VI. 182 The celebrated building-stone of Ham Hill, near Yeovil..is not without geological interest... The Ham Hill stone is mainly composed of sand and comminuted shells. 1918 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 74 169 At Ham Hill..the portion of moorei date is exposed in the big quarry on the hill and the main mass of it is a ‘freestone’—the celebrated Ham-Hill Building-Stone. In the big quarry the sequence is as follows: 1. Sand..2. ‘Riddings’..3. Ham-Hill Stone. 1936 G. Pollett Song for Sixpence ix. 76 This grey Ham stone is most satisfying to the eye. 1961 Countryman 58 iii. 439 Sophisticated strangers are not yet trying to buy the lovely old Ham~stone farmhouses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1889
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