Chalk-built cottage at Woolstone

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Chalk-built cottage at Woolstone

Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 6 Aug 2016

Elsewhere in the country, chalk used as building stone is known as clunch, but around here I believe it's known as 'chalk-stone'. In any case, this cottage appears to be built of neatly squared-off blocks of chalk. The roof seems to be slabs of locally-quarried sedimentary rock, similar to the 'Collyweston slates' used in Northamptonshire, Rutland, and south Lincolnshire.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.58874
Longitude
-1.57674