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Sand Stone Collection

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Feroz Shah Kotla - The Ashoka Pilar / Column

Feroz Shah Kotla - The Ashoka Pilar / Column
Remains of the Fortress built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq (r. 1351-88), the Sultan of Delhi, who established the fortified city of Ferozabad in 1354

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Ravensworth Castle

Ravensworth Castle
The ruins of Ravensworth Castle, home of the Fitzhugh family. Built out of sandstone, the castle was used as a quarry by the locals. Abandoned 16th century

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Grange Hill Beacon

Grange Hill Beacon
Grange, Beacon, Grange Hill, Merseyside, England, a 60 feet high sandstone pillar erected by the Trustees of Liverpool Docks in 1841, as a navigational shipping guide. Date: 1950s

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Sandstone Strata

Sandstone Strata
Sandstone rock strata. Date: 1960s

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Castle Williams - Governors Island, New York Harbour

Castle Williams - Governors Island, New York Harbour
Castle Williams - situated on the northwest point of Governors Island, one of a series of forts built in the early 19th century to protect New York from sea attack. Date: circa 1900

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Medieval wall-ring with devils head - Italy

Medieval wall-ring with devils head - Italy
Italy, Tuscany, Province of Siena, Pienza: Medieval wall-ring with devils head Date: 2010

Background imageSand Stone Collection: The Meteora, Greece - Kalabaka

The Meteora, Greece - Kalabaka
The Meteora (" suspended rocks", " suspended in the air" or " in the heavens above" ) - one of the largest

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Rock perched precariously on clifftop

Rock perched precariously on clifftop
A rock perched (somewhat miraculously) on the top of a steep clif. The striations in the stone attest to their soft compound, the way water has aroded their form over time being made fully apparent

Background imageSand Stone Collection: A rocky outcrop

A rocky outcrop on the side of a mountain, formed by the weathering of soft rock, possibly sandstone. Pen & ink drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageSand Stone Collection: The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947

The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the destruction of the former naval base on Heligoland, Germany, on 18th April 1947. Heligoland had been a stronghold for German military forces during both World Wars

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Egyptian River Scene

Egyptian River Scene
A typically Egyptian riverbank scene of still waters in a sandstone valley

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Rail / Rainhill Bridge

Rail / Rainhill Bridge
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY Rainhill Bridge, known as The Chairmans Bridge, built of sandstone

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Pterodactyl Skeleton

Pterodactyl Skeleton
PTERODACTYL skeleton preserved in a sandstone deposit

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Laying Pave, Paris

Laying Pave, Paris
Laying pave en gres (sandstone) near the Trocadero, Paris, France

Background imageSand Stone Collection: Natural sandstone rocks at Dittersbach, Switzerland

Natural sandstone rocks at Dittersbach, Switzerland
View of a sandstone formation -- a circle of rocks at Dittersbach (known today as Jetrichovice) in Bohemian (Saxon) Switzerland, with a few buildings at the centre


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