Puddingstone Use

Some of the uses for Puddingstone

Decoration: Hertfordshire Puddingstone takes a high polish showing off its attractive colours
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In some pieces the pebbles show rings of different colours; many have a dark rim.
Prehistoric Tools:

A Neolithic hand axe, on display at the Stockwood Discovery Centre Luton

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Milling: Puddingstone’s hardness and coherence made it ideal for grinding corn.

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QuernHammerstoneWithBigScaleHammerstone used to put the finishing touches to querns
Top and base sections of a Roman rotary quern. The hole in the side of the top section was for the wooden handle

 

Features and Buildings
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Features in public places. For example  this one in Hertford Castle grounds (presented by EHGC). Building: Blocks of puddingstone have been used locally as a building material since at least Roman times. (Here at St. Andrews Street car park Hertford)
Jewellery: Hertfordshire Puddingstone is so hard and coherent it can be worked in fine detail.
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