1798 J. Middleton 17 Hampstead-hill consists of eight or ten feet of yellow iron-stained sand.
1876 G. Meredith in 1 June 829 A shape in stone, Sword-hacked and iron-stained.
1915 E. R. Lankester vii. 63 A few only iron-stained and yellow.
2001 65 189 Varieties of iron-stained sandstone from the Hook Norton Beds.