Ross of Mull Granite

Ross of Mull Granite was sourced from a cluster of quarries at the west end of Ross of Mull, on the island of Mull in Argyllshire. The stone comes from the Ross of Mull Granite Pluton, which formed during the Silurian Period (c. 425 million years ago) when Scotland was south of the Equator at roughly the same latitude as northern Angola is today. Ross of Mull Granite was used locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, mainly to form masonry. Ross of Mull Granite is not quarried for building stone today.

Building Stone ID 10,149

Geological description

Rock category  
Igneous rock
Stone type  
Granite / Granitic-rock
Source bedrock unit  
Ross of Mull Granite Pluton
Colour  
Medium greyish pink
Grain-size  
Coarse crystalline (2 to 16 mm)
Cohesion  
Strongly cohesive
Water absorption  
Very low
Key constituents  
Biotite
Texture  
Granular

Historic significance

Maximum historical geographic reach  
International (score = 4)
Extent of historic building stone quarrying  
Less extensive (score = 1)
Historic significance score  
Highly significant (score = 5)

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