NATURAL RESOURCES- Sandstone

Permian sandstone from Arran has been quarried for use in building. The well bedded red aeolian sandstone is ideal for use as a building material because it is very easily workable and cuts very nicely. Many buildings in and around the Glasgow are built of sandstone from Arran. White sandstone from the Cock of Arran was also once quarried for the same purpose.

Just how easy it is to work sandstone is well illustrated by 'Dr McCredy's bath' - a long, deep bath carved out of sandstone on the foreshore at Corrie around 200 years ago. Dr McCredy, a resident of Corrie, presumably enjoyed sea-water baths - his permanent memorial on the foreshore at Corrie fills up as the tide comes in.