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Colcerrow Granite

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Usage

General Comments:

Colcerrow Granite was renowned for its strength and hence it was used for Plymouth Breakwater and Pembroke and Keyham Docks. Other building projects included Luxulyan viaduct and the facade of Messrs Pryor's premises in the Petty Cury at Cambridge (Watson 1911: 19).

Known Usage: Plymouth Breakwater, Devon.