Craigleith Stone, a siliceous sandstone belonging to the lower carboniferous series, quarried at Craigleith, 2 miles W. of Edinburgh, and largely used for building in that city, for which it is admirably adapted by its purity and durability.
Craigleith Stone
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 542
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