Stonesfieldn.
/ˈstəʊnzfiːld/ Geology.
Stonesfield slate n. a stratum of thin-bedded limestone and calcareous sandstone forming part of the Great Oolite series in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. Stonesfield slates, i.e. slabs of limestone from this formation, are used for roofing.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone of the nature of slate > for roofing > types of
skaillie1496
Stonesfield slate1855
Welsh lay1891
Collyweston1949
1839 G. Roberts Dict. Geol. Stonesfield, near Oxford; slate containing pterodactyles, &c., a lower portion of the great oolite.]
1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 71 Great oolite, Stonesfield slate, Fuller's earth.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 338 Stonesfield Slate,..celebrated for its being the rock in which English geologists first detected mammalian remains..of Secondary epoch.
1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. vi. iii. 795 The fossils of the Stonesfield Slate are varied and of high geological interest.
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