Kentish ragstone is a hard grey limestone in Kent, England, drawn from the geological sequence known as the Hythe Beds of the Lower Greensand. For millennia...

more properly flag or slab work. Near London, "rag-stone" often means Kentish ragstone, a material from the neighbourhood of Maidstone. Rag-stone is peculiarly...

close to the curtain wall. The primary building material was local Kentish Ragstone; Caen stone used to face the keep was imported from Normandy. The same...

city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England. Built of Kentish ragstone around 1379, it is the last survivor of Canterbury's seven medieval...

bastion walls are 15 feet (4.6 m) thick. It was constructed using Kentish ragstone from near Maidstone, locally made bricks and Caen stone recycled from...

It had gateways, towers and defensive ditches, and was built from Kentish ragstone, which was brought by barge from quarries near Maidstone. It was 2...

traditional peg tiles are on the roofs and the walls are faced in Kentish ragstone. The priory is a popular place for pilgrimage, as well as for retreats...

wall separates the road from the grounds. The building is built from Kentish Ragstone, a limey sandstone dating from the Cretaceous period. This stone gives...

2nd century, the 5-level 8-sided tower was made of layers of tufa, Kentish ragstone, and red bricks. The castle lighthouse survived after being converted...

Castle in Cheshire, both built in the 1220s. The castle was built of Kentish ragstone and cemented by a mortar containing a large proportion of seashells...