Purbeck stone for items such as fonts, tombs, flooring and shafts. Purbeck stone Purbeck stone refers to building stone taken from a series of limestone beds found in the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Group, found on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset in southern England. The best known variety of this stone is Purbeck Marble. The stone has been quarried since at least Roman times up to the present day. The Purbeck Group is a sequence of sedimentary rocks that were deposited in a shallow freshwater to brackish lagoonal setting. It ranges in age from Tithonian to Berriasian. Limestone beds are
Shining Wisdom of "Shining Force II", Bowie, though he does not actually appear anywhere in the game. A book even refers to the setting of "Shining in the Darkness", Stormsong (referred to in English versions as "Thornwood"). Due to the various name changes and omissions of the North American translation, none of the above connections to the "Shining" series are apparent in the USA version of the game and they can only be seen in the Japanese and European versions. "Shining Wisdom" was originally designed for the Mega Drive, and adapted for the Sega Saturn at the last minute, presumably in order