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If you were asked what links Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the Foreign Office, the Cenotaph and St Paul’s Cathedral, you might say that they are all London landmarks and iconic symbols of the ...

"Portland Stone was formed at the end of the Jurassic period, around 145 million years ago when what is now Portland, was much closer to the equator than it is today. A chemical reaction in the warm, ...

The landscape is full of natural and artistic surprises: we are in Tout Quarry on the "Island" of Portland, Dorset, the home of Portland stone. An attractive creamy-white, slow to weather and ...

One of the last opencast Portland stone quarries is switching to mining, after more than a century of production. Operator Portland Stone Firms said the move would prolong the life of Coombefield ...