Granite Collection (page 6)

Merry Maidens stone circle, near St Buryan, Cornwall
The Merry Maidens, nineteen granite megaliths also known as Dawns Men (Dans Maen or Stone Dance), a late neolithic stone circle, near St Buryan, not far from Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Castle Drogo, near Drewsteignton, Devon. Designed by Edwin Lutyens, it was completed in 1930, and is a Grade I listed building now owned by the National Trust

Men-an-Tol standing stones, near Madron, Cornwall
Men-an-Tol (hole stone, Crick Stone), a small formation of three standing stones near Madron, Cornwall. Seen here are two of the granite stones, dating from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall

Quiller-Couch memorial pillar, Fowey, Cornwall
Granite memorial pillar to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), Cornishman, writer and scholar, at Penleath Point, Fowey, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Minerals including amazonite, porphyry, chlorite and granite.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Drilling rig at Rosemanowes Quarry, Penryn, Cornwall
Drilling rig at Rosemanowes granite quarry, near Penryn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Kotten Granite Surfacing Machine, New York, USA. Showing CE Abaire Date: 1900s

Post Office building, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
The Post Office building, St Paul, Minnesota, USA. It was built of St Cloud granite, in Romanesque style, completed in 1902. Date: 1908

Granite quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA
Granite quarry belonging to E L Smith & Co, Barre, Vermont, USA. 1908

Granite power house, Barre, Vermont, USA
Granite power house and dump piles belonging to Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont, USA. Date: circa 1908

Ramses III. 1180 BC. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. Mit-Rahineh

South Africa - Umtali Road, Sugar Loaf Kopje
Black and white image of sugar-loaf kopje (granite mountain) on the Umtali Road, South Africa.. Part of Box 287, South Africa Diamond Mines, Boswell Collection. Slide number 14. Date: circa 1890s

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach in Matoppos
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach in Matoppos - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - view in Matoppos
Black and white lantern Slide of View in Matoppos - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt
Temple of Horus at Edfu. Granite statue of Horus the hawk god wearing the combined crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. 1961. Date: 1961

Scorriton Cross
Milk churns from the farm, awaiting collection beside Scorriton Cross, a large granite cross at a road junction near Holne, Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Consols Mine Raswall Hill and the Road Zennor to Farms. The White you See is Granite (c.1936). Wallis, Alfred 1855-1942. Date: 1936 (circa)

Old Arch - St. Ives, Cornwall
Old Granite Arch - Hicks Court, St. Ives, Cornwall Date: circa 1910

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Sugarloaf Mountain cable railway
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sugarloaf Mountain with cable railway. In the foreground is the (now-demolished) Military Academy building, which was located on Praia Vermelha. Date: circa 1905

Monument to Joan of Arc at Bonsecours, France
Memorial to Joan of Arc built in an early Renaissance style and standing in front of the Basilica de Bonsecours, Normandy, France on a granite terrace overlooking the Seine valley. Date: circa 1908

Granite, collected by Dr Benza from the summit of the Western range of Kaitee Valley, Neilgherries, India c.1837. NHM specimen number: BM 651

Junction of granite and limestone
Fig 88 from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Orthoclase (potassium aluminum silicate) is a major granite forming mineral. Specimen from Brevik, Norway

Cornubian granite batholith
The Cornubian granite batholith and its main outcrops in the Cornwall and Devon area, Southwest England. From Britain Before Man 1978, by F W Dunning

Common rock types
A collection of common rock types - left to right - Igneous (granite), sedimentary (sandstone) and metamorphic (schist)

The cliff edge engine houses of Wheal Trewavas
Situated on the Tregonning granite at Trewavas Head, south Cornwall. Image used in Minerals of Cornwall and Devon by P.G. Embrey and R.F. Symes, 1987, page 40. See also 4072

Unakite

Observing structure of rock
Looking at fresh granite under a microscope to study structure, granular composition can clearly be seen

Granite from Ailsa Craig
A photomicrograph of granite taken between crossed polarisers. Granite is an igneous rock

Bas�ca de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Ca�s
Bas� ca de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Ca�s (Holy Cross Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen). 1957. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Cuelgamuros

Yellow Baboon. ca. 341 BC. Made in granite for the sepulchre of Pharaoh Nectanebo II (4th c. BC). Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. ITALY. Rome. Capitoline Museums

Big Horn Mountains - Wyoming - Across to the Big Horn Mountains and a steep climb up through canyon to Granite Pass and the high windy plateaus across the summit. Date: 1952

Beef Cattle, near Granite Pass - Wyoming - Grass instead of the ubiquitous sagebrush gives an inviting look to the range. Date: 1952

Barre, Vt. (The granite city). Date c1891 Dec. 12

Fallen statue of Rameses II, Memphis, Egypt
The fallen statue of Rameses II at the Great Temple of Ptah of Mit-Rahina near Memphis, Egypt. It is made from red granite. It was discovered in 1820 by Giovanni Battista Caviglia

The Granite Quarries, W. Quincy, Massachusetts, USA Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian boy sitting on the head of Rameses II
A young boy sitting on the fallen head of a huge statue of Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Rameses II. This magnificent statue was discovered in 1820 by Giovanni Battista Caviglia at the Great Temple of

Cobbled Street
A granite cobbled street. Date: 1950s

Dodman Point Cross
Dodman Point, the highest granite cross in Cornwall, England, erected to honour the men of Cornwall who are spreading the (Christian) Gospel worldwide. Date: 1930s

Dartmoor Standing Stone
A granite Standing Stone and ancient stone row, near Nattor, on Dartmoor, Devon, England, one of many similar stones situated on all parts of the moor. Date: BC

Whitchurch down Cross
The huge granite cross, standing over 7 feet high, on Whitchurch Down, Dartmoor, near Tavistock, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Road Surfaces
The use of asphalt, concrete and granite sets on a section of the Chitterne to Codford road, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1930s

Brookes Ltd. of Halifax - Road building Materials
Stall for the European granite of Brookes Ltd. of Halifax at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition, London - June 1913

Romania - Turcoaia Granite Quarry
Granite Quarry at Turcoaia - a commune in Tulcea County, Romania. Date: circa 1910s

Quarrying Machinery
Steam derrick for raising stone from deep quarries Mount Sorrel granite Company, Leicestershire

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, Cornwall. It marks the location of Marconis telegraph station during the pioneering days of

A View up the Great Beardmore Glacier
A view on the Great Beardmore Glacier up which Captain Scott ascended to the plateau during December 1911 on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole

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