- Material:
- Sandstone
- Category:
- Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
- Colour:
- Whitish-Grey, bluish-Grey, Yellow
- Place of origin:
- Longford, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Ballysteen Formation
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- BA
- Related Material (same rock unit):
- Chapelstown Limestone, Mount St Joseph Limestone, Pallaskenry Marble, Mountmellick Limestone, Ballytarsna Limestone, Lewagh Limestone, Ballyellin Limestone
Notes:
Rivington's describes the stone as 'generally hard and not much used; the yellowish beds were free working'. Hunt (1858) allocates the Balnagall sandstone to the Old Red Sandstone in Longford, however the Balnagall townland is situated in the Ballysteen Formation.References
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