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Kentish ragstone is a hard grey
limestone in Kent, England,
drawn from the
geological sequence known as the
Hythe Beds of the
Lower Greensand. For millennia...
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properly flag or slab work. Near London, "rag-stone"
often means Kentish ragstone, a
material from the
neighbourhood of Maidstone. Rag-stone is peculiarly...
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Ragstone (1970–1978) was a
British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A
specialist stayer, he was
unplaced in his only run as a two-year-old but won all...
- 1982.
Oasts were
built of
various materials,
including bricks, timber,
ragstone, and sandstone.
Cladding could be
timber weatherboards,
corrugated iron...
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bastion walls are 15 feet (4.6 m) thick. It was
constructed using Kentish ragstone from near Maidstone,
locally made
bricks and Caen
stone recycled from local...
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fireplaces provided warmth. The main
building material is
Kentish ragstone,
although some
local mudstone was also used. Caen
stone was
imported from...
- off his horse. The village's
houses are
predominantly constructed from
ragstone, Kent's most
celebrated building stone. The
stone has been
mined in the...
- time
between 190 and 225, the
Romans built the
London Wall, a
defensive ragstone wall
around the
landward side of the city.
Along with Hadrian's Wall and...
- in Cheshire, both
built in the 1220s. The
castle was
built of
Kentish ragstone and
cemented by a
mortar containing a
large proportion of seas****, particularly...
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metres (36 ft) square, with
walls 2.4
metres (7 ft 10 in) thick,
built from
ragstone and
flint rubble and
surviving up to 7
metres (23 ft) high. It was originally...
