Old Red Sandstone
Britishnoun
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a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
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(in Britain) another term for Devonian
Example Sentences
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Now Aberystwyth scientists have compared analysis of the Altar Stone with 58 samples of old red sandstone from across Wales and the Welsh borders.
From BBC
The Altar Stone was believed to be from old red sandstone in south Wales - rocks that extend in the east across Britain.
From BBC
When Matthias arrived at the wall he felt like patting the old red sandstone.
From Literature
At the time, this terrain lay far from the arctic, at lower latitudes, locked in the arid interior of a landmass called the Old Red Sandstone Continent.
From Science Magazine
They had Hugh Miller's Old Red Sandstone in green, and Selected Sayings of Marcus Aurelius in brown, and others in various colours; but it was the red that struck the eye at the greater distance.
From Project Gutenberg
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