Brockram (signifying 'broken rock') is the local name given to the breccias of Lower Permian age which occur in the north of England, or near Appleby and Kirkby-Stephen. These breccias consist largely of fragments of limestone set in a red sandy matrix, and are occasionally quarried for limestone and building-stone.
Brockram
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 471
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