Ref NoLDGSL/514/1
TitleWatercolour, 'Basaltic rocks with a whyn dyke at Port Cooane near the Giants Causeway'
Date1815
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionWatercolour painting, 'Basaltic rocks with a whyn dyke at Port Cooane near the Giants Causeway - the principal part of which are composed of laminated concretions, the Dyke excepted which exhibits horizontal fissures', by Thomas Hare, 1815. Drawing no.3
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LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialDrawing accompanied Thomas Hare's paper, 'Observations on basalt with eight illustrative drawings', see: LDGSL/3/11.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameHARE | Thomas | fl 1812-1821 | surgeon
SubjectShrinkage joints
Dykes
TermBasalt
Previous referenceLDGSL/514 no.3
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/391HARE; Thomas (fl 1812-1821); surgeonfl 1812-1821
Places
CodePlaceName
NA266Giant's Causeway
NA102County Antrim
NA87Northern Ireland
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