Harrylock Conglomerate

Example of the stone type

Material:: Conglomerate
Category:: Siliciclastic, Sedimentary
Colour:: Purple to Red
Grain/Crystal Size:: Coarse
Place of origin:: Wexford, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:: Harrylock Formation
Geological Age:: Devonian, Upper Devonian, Strunian-Courceyan
GSI Rock Unit Code:: HL
GSI Rock Unit Summary:: Red coarse conglomerate and pebbly sandstone, siltstone and occasional red mudstone

Notes:

A coarse conglomerate consisting of cobbles to pebbles of quartz with lesser red sandstone. Used for millstones and exterior ashlar blocks. Quarried at Harrylock (MS57) and Graigue Great (MS58).

Exterior plaque on Old Red Sandstone wall, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford.

Side window detail, Old Red Sandstone walls, shelly concrete, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

Old Red Sandstone, exterior of All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

All Saints Church, Templetown, exterior, view from the road.

Detail of Old Red Sandstone wall, shelly concrete quoins, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford.

Doorway and plaque, Old Red Sandstone walls, shelly concrete quoins, exterior of All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

Doorway, Old Red Sandstone walls, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

Exterior walls, Old Red Sandstone, detail of upper window, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford.

Detail of Old Red Sandstone wall, shelly concrete, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford.

Old Red Sandstone walls, shelly concrete quoins, exterior of All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

Old Red Sandstone and shelly concrete exterior window, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

Gate pillar, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford

Old Red Sandstone, shelly concrete quoins, exterior side wall, All Saints Church, Templetown, Wexford.

All Saints Church, Templetown, window sill detail

References

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