ironstone

Converse of object

• mine: Traditionally the woods were coppiced to provide charcoal for the forge which processed ore from locally mined ironstone.
• discover: Picture: A miner drilling In 1850 a major discovery took place in Eston when John Vaughan discovered ironstone on the Eston hills.
• contain: It is the Northamptonshire Sand which contains the distinctive ironstone with which so many buildings in Northamptonshire and surrounding counties are constructed.

Adjective modifier

• local: The oldest buildings are mostly of cob or Burley Rock - a local ironstone - with thatched roofs.
• Jurassic: Many of Leicestershire's building are of brick, but in eastern Leicestershire and Rutland warm brown Jurassic ironstone is a common material.
• red: It is a surprise to stumble upon the dramatic red bulk of Castelnau Castle, built on a shoulder of red ironstone.
• distinctive: It is the Northamptonshire Sand which contains the distinctive ironstone with which so many buildings in Northamptonshire and surrounding counties are constructed.
• brown: Many of Leicestershire's building are of brick, but in eastern Leicestershire and Rutland warm brown Jurassic ironstone is a common material.
• 20th: The nature of the settlement is uncertain because of extensive 19th and 20th century ironstone quarrying that effectively destroyed much of the site.

Modifies a noun

• quarry: Most of the interest centered on the various ironstone quarries.
• mine: Several ironstone mines are shown dotted around to the north of the village on the 1875 Ordnance Survey map.
• mining: The bull's head, represents the local strain of cattle, it rises from flames standing for ironstone mining.
• pit: We employ in our collieries and ironstone pits, on an average, about 1800 to 2000 men.
• line: There she worked virtually single handed on ironstone quarry lines for upwards of 25 years.
• miner: Andrew Hunter, ironstone miner, then volunteered to be lowered into the shaft.

Noun used with modifier

• blackband: Discovery of a seam of blackband ironstone led to considerable wealth.
• century: The site of Bole Hill Quarry is then passed, where in the 18th century ironstone was mined.
• gage: The once extensive 3ft 0in gage ironstone system at Eastwell in northeast Leicestershire also had a snowplow.
• coal: Dump of iron-rich material - a small heap of low grade iron ores, including a few nodules of Coal Measure ironstone.
• measure: Dump of iron-rich material - a small heap of low grade iron ores, including a few nodules of Coal Measure ironstone.