Mourne Granite Building Stone

During single skinned wall workshops the participants learned to build a dry stone wall from the ground up.

Mourne granite building stone. Granite is viewed by many as the antithesis of marble which i explored in this series last month. The workshops were taken by master craftsman andrew loudon at various locations from the mourne foothills to kilkeel. Main products butterfly green granite mahogany granite karin grey granite multicolour red granite. Mourne country landscape and life in south down e estyn evans 2005 dundalgan press dundalk down district council granite trail geology of northern ireland our natural foundation geological survey northern ireland 2004.

60 per ton for builders which can be used for walls and 120 per ton for quoins which are better for pillars. Mourne single skinned double skinned and cut stone. Delivery can be made anywhere in ire. In the early years of the last century the robinson family from annalong in county down northern ireland was helping to put in place the architectural heritage of belfast and a host of other cities throughout the british isles.

Brown quartzite stone next post. Donegal sandstone with blue centred sandstone. From beautiful hand crafted granite quartz and marble worktops to stunning floor tiles building products and hard landscaping. Mourne granite the tertiary granite intrusions form the mourne mountains of county down and are exposed over an area of approximately 150 square kilometres.

Robinson son are one of the leading granite marble slate and stone suppliers in northern ireland. The granite from the mountains has been used from neolithic times to the present day and was a very popular building stone throughout county down. Mourne granite create beautiful natural stone pieces and provide a range of products from hand crafted granite worktops floor tiles hard landscaping memorials and building products company description. Granite is typically severe in appearance and is the archetype of the perception that stone is durable through the ages with good reason as many of the oldest stone antiquities are granite often little changed from the day they were carved.