DARTMOOR ROCK WALL STUDIES: MOSS & LICHEN
The images below come from one small section of rock wall in a remote part of Dartmoor. Every rock shown touched at least one of the others, yet the variety of rock composition, mosses and lichens over one area of wall is astounding.
A SOMERSET CHURCH WALL – ST MICHAEL’S, BLACKFORD
The walls of this church, apparently of uniform colour from a distance, are richly patterned with lichen and varied hues. All these images were taken within about 12 feet of each other, ranging from weathered Ham stone wall to lichen-capped stone face 
PATTERNED STONES FROM COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND
BEACH STONE PATTERNS ON WEYMOUTH BEACH, DORSET
THE ROLLRIGHT STONES – PATTERNS IN STONE AND LICHEN
The Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire is a late-neolithic stone circle about 30 meters in diameter. The stones are heavily marked by time, and many have colourful lichen growths. Some of these lichens are thought to be 400 – 800 years old. Here are some examples of the stone patterns 
MELLOW STONE IN A GABLE-END WALL – DORSET
Two of the crevices in this area of wall currently have house-sparrows nesting in them. The wall is very thick, and there is more room inside than it appears, once they have squeezed inside…
BENCH MARKS: SURVEYOR’S HEIGHT / ELEVATION MARKS – DORSET
The mark shown is on our house in Dorset. It is a stone-cut bench mark, the most basic type, of which there are 500,000 in the UK. They fill the gaps between higher order bench marks such as metal ‘flush brackets’. The horizontal cut is for an angle-iron to be placed in to form a “bench” for a leveling-rod, ensuring that it can be accurately repositioned in the same place in the future. For further information, the best place to go is bench-marks.org.uk You can even check whether a bench mark is registered and, if not, give the details
SWINEHERD: PART OF A STONE FRIEZE FEATURING THE 4 SEASONS – ROYAL ABBEY OF ST DENIS, PARIS
STONE LIZARD MOSAIC, COARAZE. PROVENCE (the lizard is the medieval symbol of the village)
VENICE, GRAND CANAL – Detail of stonework on a quayside wall
The complete fragment, tastefully set off by a drainpipe
MORETON CHURCH, PURBECK, DORSET – FLOOR TILING AROUND THE FONT
CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF ST DENIS (Paris) – PAINTED FLOOR TILE
RIMINI – Communal measuring stone dated 1544 (used in particular for fabrics)
RAVENNA- BASILICA DI S. VITALE Small Floor Mosaic
HUNTLY CASTLE, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND – commemorative inscription dated 1602 reading George Gordon First Marquis of Huntlie 16 and below that Henriette Stewart Marquesse of Huntlie 02
TWO DESIGNS FROM EITHER SIDE OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE HIGH PEAK RAILWAY, DERBYSHIRE (NOW DE-COMMISSIONED AND OPERATING AS THE TISSINGTON TRAIL FOR CYCLISTS & WALKERS) 
ROLLING HARBOUR GALLERY 