Patterns in the stone
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Patterns in the stone by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 8 Jul 2013
The reddish banding shows the presence of iron in the stone, and highlights the way the stone has been laid down as a sedimentary deposit. (detail from 37 Hill Street http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3550083 )