Horsham, West Horsham. Sandstone. Fine-grained, easily split into No Sussex. Brown to yellow. slabs for roofing and paving. Cornwall St Breward, Bodmin, Tor Brake, Tor Down De Lank Granites. Medium-grained. Mainly used Yes Cornwall. and Hantergantick. for engineering work. Silvery to greenish grey. Penryn, NW of Penryn. Granite. Medium- to coarse-grained. No* Falmouth, Cornwall. Medium grey. Used for both engineering and general building work. *Others active to west of Falmouth Delabole, NE of Port Delabole. Slate. Other active quarries in the area Yes Cornwall. grey green and rustic are producing similar slate called red. Trevillet Merryfield and Trecame, Tyne’s and Prince of Wales.
Horsham, West Sussex. Horsham. Brown to yellow. Sandstone. Fine-grained, easily split into slabs for roofing and paving. No Cornwall St Breward, Bodmin, Cornwall. Tor Brake, Tor Down De Lank and Hantergantick. Silvery to greenish grey. Granites. Medium-grained. Mainly used for engineering work. Yes Penryn, NW of Falmouth, Cornwall. Penryn. Medium grey. Granite. Medium- to coarse-grained. Used for both engineering and general building work. *Others active to west of Falmouth No* Delabole, NE of Port Cornwall. Delabole. grey green and rustic red. Slate. Other active quarries in the area are producing similar slate called Trevillet Merryfield and Trecame, Tyne’s and Prince of Wales. Yes
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