Stone Anorak

[Raphael Saltwood]

Sir Lord Baltimore and Sean “Colonial” Penn (or something) were the biggest of wigs, the border dispute was a major dispute, so they probably looked to Isle of Portland for the classiest markers they could get -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland

In the 17th century, chief architect and Surveyor-General to James I, Inigo Jones<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inigo_Jones>, surveyed the area and introduced the local Portland stone<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_stone> to London, using it in his Banqueting House, Whitehall<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqueting_House,_Whitehall>, and for repairs on St Paul's Cathedral<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral>.[12]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland#cite_note-RhodesStone2013-12> His successor, Sir Christopher Wren<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wren>, the architect and Member of Parliament for nearby Weymouth, used six million tons of white Portland limestone to rebuild destroyed parts of the capital after the Great Fire of London<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London> of 1666. Well-known buildings in the capital, including St Paul's Cathedral[13]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland#cite_note-st_paul's-13> and the eastern front of Buckingham Palace<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace> feature the stone.[14]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland#cite_note-buckinghampalace-14>After the First World War, a quarry<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarry> was opened by The Crown Estate<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown_Estate> to provide stone for the Cenotaph<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenotaph>in Whitehall<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall> and half a million gravestones for war cemeteries,[5]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland#cite_note-Portland_stone-5> and after the Second World War hundreds of thousands of gravestones were hewn for soldiers who had fallen on the Western Front<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)>.[5]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland#cite_note-Portland_stone-5>Portland cement<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_cement> has nothing to do with Portland; it was so named due to its similar colour to Portland stone when mixed with lime and sand.[15]<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland#cite_note-cement-15>









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