GEOBINGO:

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BURLINGTON HOUSE IRONGATE HOUSE

OLYMPIC PARK THAMES BARRIER

GREEN PARK STATION ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL NHM MINERAL GALLERY

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BURLINGTON HOUSE has IRONGATE HOUSE in the City of HIGHGATE CEMETERY is been the home of The London has some excellent designated a Grade I on the Geological Society since building stone geology. Built in English Heritage Register of 1874. Building commenced 1978, the architects clad the Parks and Gardens of Special started in 1664 by Sir John building in Parys Granite, a 3.09 Historic Interest in . Ga orthogneiss sourced from There are approximately Denham and passed to Parys in the Transvaal of South 53,000 graves with a wide Richard Boyle, the 3rd Earl of Africa making it one of the oldest variety of geology exposed in Burlington in 1704. It is built rocks used as decorative the headstones as well as from Portland Stone and architectural stone. some notable names! grey Cornish granite.

OLYMPIC PARK was used as The THAMES BARRIER has part of the 2012 Summer been operational since 1982 Olympics event and represents and works to prevent flooding one of the biggest engineering by high tides and storm surges. projects in the capital in recent Construction work began in years. Huge geotechnical 1974 at a site that had been challenges were overcome to selected based on the stability complete this project. of the chalk bed that was to support the barrier.

At the exit to GREEN Housed in the 19th century ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL is PARK STATION is the Sea constructed almost entirely of Waterhouse building, the Strata Art on the Portland Stone and quarried NHM MINERAL GALLERY Underground piece by John from the royal quarries of the houses 14,000 mineral Maine which features a Isle of Portland in Dorset. The specimens representing 2000 fossiliferous Portland Stone ooidal limestone used as proved mineral species. The mineral formation, laid down 150 to be more durable than many collection is recognised as a million years ago and now other historic buildings in major scientific research used as building stone. London. source.

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