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MineralsUK – Building stones

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A selection of publications and open reports produced by the BGS Building Stones Team.

Name of Report Report Number Year
Directory of Mines and QuarriesISBN 978 0 85272 789 82020
Recording, monitoring and managing the conservation of historic sites: a new application for BGS Sigma13th International Congress on the Deterioriation and Conservation of Stone, Glasgow, UK, 6-10 Sept 20162016
Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis (HH-XRF): a non-destructive tool for distinguishing sandstones in historic structures13th International Congress on the Deterioriation and Conservation of Stone, Glasgow, UK, 6-10 Sept 20162016
Scotland’s building stone industry: a reviewCR/16/026N2016
Building stone assessment of the Ardrossan SarcophagusGR_2140042016
Building stone assessment: comparison of stone samples from Kisimul Castle (Barra) and the island of Stulaigh (by South Uist)GR_2132202016
Provenance of building stones in four ‘galley castles’ in ArgyllOR/15/0532015
A Building Stone Assessment of sandstone in Iona Nunnery and at Carsaig quarry on MullCR/15/002N2015
Source, character and weathering style of building stone in Culzean Castle & Country Park, AyrshireCR/14/114N2014
A building stone assessment of The Engine Shed, StirlingCR/14/088N2014
A survey of building stone and roofing slate in Falkirk town centreOR/13/0152013
Liddle’s Quarry Orkney: a resource evaluation and assessment of past and possible future uses of extracted stoneOR/12/0702012
An historical and petrological assessment of Pitairlie Quarry, AngusOR/11/0092011
A building stone and slate survey of the Callander Conservation Area: recording, matching and sourcing for the built heritageOR/11/0112011
An historical and geological assessment of a Scottish building stone quarry: Drumhead Quarry, DennyOR/10/0332011
The building stones and slates of Killin: an investigation of stone for the built heritageGR_138832_12010
The source of building stone for Westown Kirk, Perthshire: a geological and architectural investigationGR_200779/12010
Playfair paving schemes in Edinburgh: an investigation of materials and paving patternsGR_2005601/12010
Assessing the potential for reopening a building stone quarry: King‘s Quarry, Thornhill, DumfriesshireOR/10/0402010
Analysis of original stone and identification of matching stone for repairs : Robert Burns Statue, Camperdown, Victoria, AustraliaIDA176672009
A building stone audit for Kilmarnock: surveying, matching and sourcing stone for the built heritageOR/09/0022009
Assessing the potential for reopening a building stone quarry: Newbigging Sandstone Quarry, FifeOR/09/0082009
A desktop resource assessment of building stone and slate on the Island of ButeOR/09/0402009
Building and roofing stone mineral planning factsheet2024
Safeguarding Glasgow’s stone built heritage skills and materials requirements: facade surveys and building stone analysisCR/06/077N2006
Stone in ScotlandISBN 92310403162006
Building and roofing stone Mineral Commodity Profile2005
UK building stone resources map (folded)ISBN 07518331852001
UK building stone resources map (flat)ISBN 07518331772001
BGS Digital Data ProductsVarious

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