Goragh Wood Granite

Material:
Granite
Category:
Plutonic, Igneous
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Place of origin:
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Newry Complex, Newry Complex Central Granodiorite Pluton
Geological Age:
Devonian

Part of:

Newry Granite

Related Material (same rock unit):
Bessbrook Granite

Notes:

Largely used for railway ballast by the Dublin and Belfast Link Railway (later Great Northern Railway).

References

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