Old Red Sandstone

British  

noun

1. a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period

2. (in Britain) another term for Devonian

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Old Red Sandstone

At the time, this terrain lay far from the arctic, at lower latitudes, locked in the arid interior of a landmass called the Old Red Sandstone Continent.

From Science Magazine ● May 27, 2020

The formation of this Carboniferous range was followed in northern Europe by a second continental period somewhat similar to that of the Old Red Sandstone, but the continent extended still farther to the south.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

Upon it the Old Red Sandstone was laid down in inland seas or lakes, while farther south contemporaneous deposits were formed in the open sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

A lady, who looked well to the ways of her household, but knew very little of books, once asked me if Mr. Ruskin had not written a book called the "Old Red Sandstone."

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by John Ruskin

How abundant they were may be gathered from the fact that it is believed their bodies helped consolidate portions of the strata of the English Old Red Sandstone.

From Animals of the Past by Frederic A. Lucas