{"id":77864,"date":"2020-07-24T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?page_id=77864"},"modified":"2022-08-23T09:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:33:36","slug":"bgs-wales-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/bgs-wales-office\/","title":{"rendered":"BGS Wales office, Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>A geological walk around BGS Wales office in Cardiff <\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discovering Geology &mdash; Maps and resources<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/bgs-wales-office\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=BGS%20Wales%20office,%20Cardiff&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/bgs-wales-office\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/bgs-wales-office\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=BGS%20Wales%20office,%20Cardiff&#038;body=Learn%20more%20about%20the%20interesting%20geological%20stories%20waiting%20to%20be%20unearthed%20just%20a%20stone\u2019s%20throw%20from%20our%20Welsh%20office.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/bgs-wales-office\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/bgs-wales-office\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The BGS office in Wales is based in Cardiff University&#8217;s Main Building&nbsp;on Park Place in the&nbsp;city&#8217;s&nbsp;rather grand Civic Centre. It&#8217;s an interesting part of the city with a history linked to shipping of south&nbsp;Wales&nbsp;coal and steel. The land now occupied by the Civic Centre was once part of the private grounds of the Bute family. The second Marquis of Bute built his first dock at Cardiff in the&nbsp;mid 19th&nbsp;century which catalysed the rapid growth of Cardiff as an important port town at that time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GEODE_MainBuilding_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;View of the western side of Main Building, Cardiff University. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_69732\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GEODE_MainBuilding_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"GEODE_MainBuilding_web\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>View of the western side of Main Building, Cardiff University. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GEODE_MainBuilding_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;View of the western side of Main Building, Cardiff University. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_69732\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>The geology of Cardiff is not very visible from our city centre location but there are still interesting geological stories to be unearthed just a stone&#8217;s throw from the office. Starting at the front entrance (on the west side) of Main&nbsp;Building, is the grand frontage, faced in Portland Stone, just like all the other buildings in the Civic Centre. This stone is often used for public buildings and it&#8217;s&nbsp;a&nbsp;whitish grey&nbsp;limestone of Jurassic age quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. The sediments which make up this rock were deposited in shallow tropical seas, and&nbsp;with a close look, you will see it&#8217;s made up of tiny round&nbsp;ooliths&nbsp;and fragments of shell, often more obviously seen&nbsp;where&nbsp;the stone is&nbsp;worn by weather or passage of feet.&nbsp;This finery is only skin deep and in less prominent places the&nbsp;Pennant sandstone blocks can be seen (more on this later). Through the door&nbsp;and  down the green marble&nbsp;steps is the Viriamu Jones Gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/VJGallery_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The statue of Viriamu Jones in the entrance hall of Main Building. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_74214\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/VJGallery_web-720x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"VJGallery_web\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The statue of Viriamu Jones in the entrance hall of Main Building. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/VJGallery_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The statue of Viriamu Jones in the entrance hall of Main Building. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_74214\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>Viriamu Jones was the first principal of the University&nbsp;and his statue carved of white marble from&nbsp;Serevezza&nbsp;in Italy sits on a plinth of orange veined&nbsp;Arabescato&nbsp;marble. One of the highlights is the lovely&nbsp;staircase&nbsp;in the gallery which&nbsp;is tiled with striking pinkish alabaster. These are a local specialty being quarried&nbsp;just down the road in Penarth. The alabaster is probably better termed gypsum and is a product of evaporating lakes during the Triassic when Wales was&nbsp;part of a&nbsp;hot&nbsp;desert. I take great pleasure in using this staircase as I remember being told as a little girl by a very intimidating retired schoolteacher friend of my Grampa&nbsp;that only the lecturers &nbsp;were&nbsp;permitted to use them when she was a student&nbsp;so I in contrast should take every opportunity do so.&nbsp;And so I do, even if it means a detour!&nbsp;<br><a name=\"staircase\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PenarthAlabaster_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Pink Alabaster tile in the main staircase. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_43790\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PenarthAlabaster_1_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An imposing stairase with white marble balustrades, pink alabaster tiles and dark-coloured steps\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Pink Alabaster tile in the main staircase. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PenarthAlabaster_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Pink Alabaster tile in the main staircase. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_43790\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Memorial_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Welsh National Memorial. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_43790\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Memorial_1_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Memorial_1_web\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Welsh National Memorial. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Memorial_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Welsh National Memorial. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_43790\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Falklands_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The memorial stone for the Falklands conflict. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_43790\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Falklands_1_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Falklands_1_web\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The memorial stone for the Falklands conflict. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Falklands_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The memorial stone for the Falklands conflict. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_43790\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p><br>Out through the west door, and cross&nbsp;Museum Avenue&nbsp;lies Alexandra&nbsp;Gardens,&nbsp;a favourite of student lunch breaks (and BGS staff) on a sunny day.&nbsp;There are many interesting and moving memorials and statues to explore here.&nbsp;The biggest is the Welsh National Memorial&nbsp;. Built in Portland Stone echoing the surrounding buildings, it takes the form of a circle of Corinthian columns surrounding a sunken court and fountain.&nbsp;Another interesting one,&nbsp;from a stone point of view,&nbsp;is the memorial to the Falklands conflict as it was shipped from the&nbsp;Falklands.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Exiting the gardens in the&nbsp;south east&nbsp;corner, Cardiff&#8217;s&nbsp;City Hall&nbsp;is on the right and the&nbsp;Amgueddfa&nbsp;Cymru \u2013 National Museum Wales&nbsp;on the left.&nbsp;In&nbsp;front of the&nbsp;museum,&nbsp;is another of Cardiff&#8217;s special building stones. They&nbsp;form&nbsp;a stone circle&nbsp;(which&nbsp;is&nbsp;not an ancient stone circle)&nbsp;but&nbsp;actually a ring of&nbsp;Gorsedd&nbsp;Stones.&nbsp;Stone circles&nbsp;such as these&nbsp;were&nbsp;erected&nbsp;here to commemorate the National Eisteddfod which was&nbsp;been held in Cardiff&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;times. This set (one of many in Cardiff and across Wales) was&nbsp;placed here in 1909.&nbsp;Eisteddfodau&nbsp;are a big deal here in Wales and are festivals held to celebrate the arts&nbsp;and Welsh Culture. These&nbsp;stones are&nbsp;Triassic&nbsp;aged&nbsp;breccias&nbsp;and conglomerates&nbsp;of the&nbsp;marginal facies of the Mercia&nbsp;Mudstone Group, known locally as&nbsp;\u201cRadyr&nbsp;Stone\u201d.&nbsp;On some of the standing stones you can still see the plug&nbsp;and&nbsp;feather&nbsp;drill marks of the quarrymen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Radyr&nbsp;Stone can be seen in many places as it tends to be used as red\u202fcopings on walls and stringers breaking up faces of buildings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gorsedd_1andMuseum_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The Gorsedd stone circle, made of Radyr Stone in front of Amgueddfa Cymru &#8211; National Museum Wales. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_61250\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gorsedd_1andMuseum_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Gorsedd_1andMuseum_web\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The Gorsedd stone circle, made of Radyr Stone in front of Amgueddfa Cymru &#8211; National Museum Wales. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gorsedd_1andMuseum_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The Gorsedd stone circle, made of Radyr Stone in front of Amgueddfa Cymru &#8211; National Museum Wales. Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_61250\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p><br>&nbsp;<br>The beautiful steps in front of the museum are&nbsp;made of&nbsp;Cornish granite of&nbsp;Bodmin&nbsp;Moor type, look for the&nbsp;porphyritic granite feldspar&nbsp;phenocrysts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the main road (Park Place) is&nbsp;Park House,&nbsp;built in 1874 by William Burges for the&nbsp;3rd&nbsp;Marquis of&nbsp;Butes&nbsp;land agent.&nbsp;&nbsp;Burges worked for the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;Marquis of Bute on many projects including the spectacular interiors of Castell&nbsp;Coch&nbsp;and Cardiff Castle,&nbsp;deigned in his gothic revival style.&nbsp;Park House is mainly constructed in&nbsp;Pennant Sandstone Formation&nbsp;sandstone with Bath Stone dressings and pinkish Scottish granites are used in the porch and&nbsp;veranda. The finer grained being from&nbsp;Craigton&nbsp;Quarry in Aberdeen and the coarser variety is from Peterhead.&nbsp;The majority of&nbsp;the building is constructed of Pennant Sandstone,&nbsp;it&nbsp;greenish grey blocks are very commonly used throughout south Wales.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading north, back towards the university,&nbsp;is the museum car park on the left, there are many lovely trees here including&nbsp;a Ginkgo&nbsp;biloba,&nbsp;who\u2019s&nbsp;relatives are as fossils dating back to the early Jurassic and monkey puzzle (Araucaria) which date back to the Triassic.  The earlier parts of&nbsp;Main&nbsp;Building, including where we have our offices,&nbsp;date to the 1920\u2019s but this southern corner wasn\u2019t constructed until the 1960s.&nbsp;Along this face of the building are grey slate panel which have rusty patches of weathered pyrite nodules.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;thought that these might be&nbsp;Dolemaen&nbsp;slates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dolemaen_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;div&gt;Dolemaen slates with small weathered pyrite nodules&lt;\/div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55395\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dolemaen_1_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Dolemaen\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><div>Dolemaen slates with small weathered pyrite nodules<\/div>\n<p>Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dolemaen_1_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;div&gt;Dolemaen slates with small weathered pyrite nodules&lt;\/div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Source: Rhian Kendall \u00a9 BGS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55395\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>Continuing around the southern edge of the building ends up back to the west entrance at the start. I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this behind the scenes tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further information&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John W Perkins. 1984. The Building Stones of Cardiff. University Collage Cardiff Press.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swga.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Walk_CathaysPark.pdf\">Eric Robinson. 2005. Building Stones of Cardiff. South Wales Geologists Association<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<h2>About the author<\/h2>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-contact no-shape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rhian4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rhian Kendall\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rhian4.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Rhian Kendall<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Survey geologist<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>BGS Cardiff<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/kendall-rhian\/\">Find out more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relatives\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Relative topics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/building-stone\/\" class=\"button 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