Puddingstone Use | East Herts Geology Club

Some of the uses for Puddingstone

**Decoration:** Hertfordshire Puddingstone takes a high polish showing off its attractive colours

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

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

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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