Material Details

Material:: Sandstone
Category:: Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
Colour:: Pale Yellow to Pink to Red
Grain/Crystal Size:: Medium
Place of origin:: Kerry, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:: Kilmurry Sandstone Formation
Geological Age:: Devonian
Fossils:: ichnofossils
GSI Rock Unit Code:: KM

Notes:

Yellow to pale red in colour; cross-stratified medium to coarse aeolian sandstone that contains trackways. Durable building stone that could be raised in large blocks.

Church of St. Mary (RC), Dingle, limestone door and Kilmurry Sandstone wall

Church of St. Mary (RC), Dingle, Kilmurry Sandstone

St Joseph’s Church (RC), Inch, Kilmurry Sandstone ashlar

St Joseph’s Church (RC), Inch, limestone window, Kilmurry Sandstone ashlar

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Kilmurry Sandstone

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