Its characteristic appearance comes from densely packed shells of the freshwater snail Viviparus.
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Purbeck Marble is used by a number of contemporary sculptors, such as Emily Young.
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An image on Purbeck marble found at Steeple Langford in 1857, a portrait of a man wearing a long robe, with a horn hanging from his left shoulder, may be of Alan de Langford, Verderer of Grovely Wood at the end of the 13th century.