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 remainder and by far the greater part of the county is occupied by the Old Red Sandstone, through which the rocks above described project in detached areas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The terrestrial and lacustrine equivalents are known as the Old Red Sandstone.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

The strata met with in the Great and Little Cumbrae belong to the Upper Old Red Sandstone and Carboniferous systems.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 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 Ruskin, John