Brockram

Brockram is a type of rock found in northern England.

It is a basal breccia of cemented limestone and sandstone fragments dating from the Permian period, forming part of the Appleby Group.

[1] Brockram outcrops in the Whitehaven and Workington district (Geological survey of Gt.

[2] Brockram has been used as a building material in Kirkby Stephen and the rest of the Vale of Eden where it has also been quarried for lime burning.

It is visible also beside a river bed under a bridge on the edge of Kirkby Stephen.