Purbeck stone 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 developed at various levels throughout the sequence, each with
Fencepost limestone the park that this museum shares with the Rush County Historical Museum (occupying the relocated Timken train station), the Nekoma Bank Museum, and the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum. The Post Rock Museum contains a recreated stone post quarry, assorted quarrying tools used in the area, and a fossil collection. Vonada Farms and Stone Company is located north of Sylvan Grove, Kansas. Tours can be arranged, see the Kansas Sampler Foundation pages. Bluestem Quarry and Stoneworks operates near Lucas, Kansas. Other communities with abundant Fencepost limestone architecture: Fencepost limestone/Dakota sandstone boundary communities: Fencepost limestone Fencepost limestone, Post Rock limestone, or Stone