Portland stone

English

Noun

Portland stone (usually uncountable, plural Portland stones)

  1. A limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period, quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, and used extensively for building in the British Isles.
    St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace were built with Portland stone.
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