What is your city built from? This account is all about building and decorative stones and accessible geology in the built environment. londonpavementgeology.co.uk
https://www.walks.com/guides/ruth-1/
Ruth Siddall
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One, Poultry in the city of London. Designed by James Stirling and completed after his death in 1997, this building is clad in Jurassic Helidon and Devonian Wilderness Sandstones #urbangeology
The Walthamstow High Street pegmatite #urbangeology
My next London #urbangeology walk is on Saturday 20th June and will take in the stories of stone used for building the Palace of Westminster and surrounding buildings. Reservations and more info via London Walks www.walks.com/our-walks/ge...
🚨 Standing Stone Shoutout 🚨
I’m currently in the early stages of designing a new creative practice piece for Practises Make Places & I need your help
Do you have a local, or regional word(s) 4 a standing stone? Not a name e.g. Long Meg, but a general word e.g menhir
This isn’t restricted to the UK🙂
Along the entrance drive at Hardwick in Derbyshire, a new sculpture marks the site of the Polish Resettlement Camp. Many Allied Polish soldiers lived here during the post-war period from 1946 to 1960.
#urbangeology or better #GeologieUrbaine in Gare de Lyon: #stylolites and perfectly perpendicular #veins. Veins terminate at stylolites in many cases. Nice and (geo)logical. ⚒️ #geology #rockski
#SundayStonework
Fabulous Dryburgh Abbey
Thinking about going on the guided Geology and Building Stones in the City of Westminster tour? Have a little read about the sights, hidden spots, your guide and meeting point beforehand!
#MolluscMonday Two contrasting snails from the streets of Chartres, France. One a Mesozoic fossil in a paving stone, the other a wooden carving on a 500-year old building depicting a weird animal eating grapes.
National Trust
Part of our activities is designing and producing geological information boards and leaflets for London’s geosites. You can download these from our website londongeopartnership.org.uk/informationb...
Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉
Bernd Andeweg
Leading walks and geotrails to explain London’s geology is one of London Geodiversity Partnerships activities. We organise walks across London for groups with an interest in the geology, Check out the Geotrails link at londongeopartnership.org.uk/geotrails/
#LondonGeology #Geotrails