Rynana (Rineanna) Limestone

Material:
Limestone
Category:
Carbonate, Sedimentary
Alternative name(s):
Clare Red Marble, Clare Marble
Colour:
Peach-Grey
Grain/Crystal Size:
Place of origin:
Clare, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Waulsortian Limestone
Geological Age:
Carboniferous
Fossils:
bryozoans
Related Material (same rock unit):
Limerick Red Marble, Clonmacnoise Marble, Waulsortian Limestone (undifferentiated), Carrigacrump Limestone, Moneen Marble, Cloonagh (Clonagh) Limestone, Donoman (Dunnaman) Limestone, Clorane (Clorhane) Limestone, Kilbreedy Limestone, Rathkeale (Commons) Limestone, Tuogh Limestone, Cratloe (Crattloe) Limestone, Shandon Limestone, Whitechurch Limestone, Lismore Castle Limestone, Saleen Limestone, Muckross Red Marble

Notes:

Wackestone/Packstone. Capable of receiving a polish. Fenestella limestone. Worked as marble and for ornamental purposes in Adare Manor. Well shaped blocks could not be directly quarried but good sized stones could be raised which were scabbled (shaped to square) into fair sized blocks.

References

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Doherty, J. (1862). Adare Manor [Letter]. UL Special Collections (Dunraven Papers D/3196/I/24/390).