Grid Reference NZ 622 148
BGS Sheet 34
OS Sheet 94
Forwarded as RIGS Part of Guisborough Forest 30/09/2003
Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity North facing escarpment revealing few exposures. Underlying geology is Staithes sandstone, Cleveland ironstone, Whitby mudstone overlain by the Saltwick sandstone formation. Old mine tips now wooded
Literature References Guisborough District Mines – Simon Chapman 2001
The Floating Egg – Roger Osbourne 1998
Site Map
Site Assessment
| Access and Safety |
Comments |
Rating |
| Safety of access |
Via Belman Gate up footpath |
10 |
| Safety of exposure |
Safe footpath |
10 |
| Restricting conditions |
None |
|
| Multiple exposure |
Various exposure in Guisborough Forest |
10 |
| Note |
It is strongly suggested that on-site safety be the responsibility of the party leader(s), as the safety information above is given only as a guide. |
|
| Education and Science |
Comments |
Rating |
| Surface processes |
None observable |
|
| Geomorphology |
Glacial features |
7 |
| Sedimentary rock |
Poor exposures |
3 |
| Igneous rock |
None |
|
| Metamorphic rock |
None |
|
| Fossils |
None specific due poor exposures |
|
| Minerals |
None specific |
|
| Structural features |
None specific due poor exposures |
|
| Stratigraphy |
None specific due poor exposures |
|
| Geodiversity Value |
Comments |
Rating |
| Education |
Limited educational value |
2 |
| Scientific |
Limited due to poor exposures |
2 |
| Historical |
Early Alum quarry dating back to seventeenth century. More recently ironstone mining (Belmont mine) can be observed |
10 |
| Aesthetic |
Wooded escarpment |
10 |
Surveyors
Denis Goldring
Belmont Bank
Grid Reference NZ 622 148
BGS Sheet 34
OS Sheet 94
Forwarded as RIGS Part of Guisborough Forest 30/09/2003
Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity North facing escarpment revealing few exposures. Underlying geology is Staithes sandstone, Cleveland ironstone, Whitby mudstone overlain by the Saltwick sandstone formation. Old mine tips now wooded
Literature References Guisborough District Mines – Simon Chapman 2001
The Floating Egg – Roger Osbourne 1998
Site Map
Site Assessment
Surveyors