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Raw and lithology-sorted data for building stones in Cambridgeshire churches

Dataset title Raw and lithology-sorted data for building stones in Cambridgeshire churches
Dataset creators Nigel Woodcock, University of Cambridge
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

Raw and lithology-sorted data on building stone in about 125 churches in South Cambridgeshire. Each line on the sheets is one dated project of building or repair.

The Key tab explains the various abbreviations on the sheet, and the nature of the data on each sheet.

The data are the basis for a paper on "The choice of local or imported building stone in English medieval churches; a south Cambridgeshire case study" by N H Woodcock submitted to Geoheritage in June 2024"

Dataset content dates Observations were collected between April 2021 and October 2022
Dataset spatial coverage South Cambridgeshire, with small overlaps into Suffolk to the east and into the historic county of Huntingdonshire to the northwest.
Dataset supply format MS Excel
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre
Dataset publication date 22/06/2024
Dataset digital object identifier (DOI) 10.5285/21dd0e19-87de-4e4e-8f51-17615b866503
Dataset citation text Woodcock, N. (2024). Raw and lithology-sorted data for building stones in Cambridgeshire churches. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/21dd0e19-87de-4e4e-8f51-17615b866503
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
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Further information "The choice of local or imported building stone in English medieval churches; a south Cambridgeshire case study" by N H Woodcock submitted to Geoheritage in June 2024"