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BATH STONE

Bath stone (Bath-Olite, roe-stone) is a species of limestone once used for building and found in the Lower Oolite in Wiltshire and Somerset, England. It is easily wrought in the quarry, but hardens on exposure to the air. It was called 'Bath' stone because several of the quarries were near to the city of Bath.
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CAEN-STONE

Caen-stone is the French equivalent for the Bath stone or oolite of England. It is a cream-coloured building-stone of excellent quality, obtained near Caen in Normandy. Winchester and Canterbury Cathedrals, Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster, and many churches are built of it.
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