- Material:
- Limestone
- Category:
- Carbonate, Sedimentary
- Alternative name(s):
- Colour:
- Pale Grey
- Colour variation:
- Place of origin:
- Cork, Ireland
- Rock Unit Name:
- Little Island Formation
- Geological Age:
- Carboniferous
- GSI Rock Unit Code:
- LI
Notes:
"Light grey, close, even-grained, and compact; works well and freely" (Kinahan 1889, p. 168). The quarry produced high-quality, easily worked building stone, known as 'Beaumont Dove' (County Geological Site Report).References
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