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Whinstone is a quarryman’s term for a variety of hard, dark-coloured, rocks including basalt and chert. Here, in the Tees Valley and Cleveland, the name refers to a hard rock that is very different from...
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Category Archives: Cenozoic

September – Whinstone

Whinstone is a quarryman’s term for a variety of hard, dark-coloured, rocks including basalt and chert. Here, in the Tees Valley and Cleveland, the name refers to a hard rock that is very different from the soft sedimentary strata which make up the majority of the area’s underlying geology. Around 58 million years ago, as [...]
By admin on September 10, 2009 | Leave a comment

February – Woolly Mammoth Tooth.

Mammoth lived on most of the continents in the Northern Hemisphere during the last big ice age 70-10,000 years ago. Woolly Mammoths were about the same size as Indian elephants are today and covered in a layer of coarse hair. They are a good indicator of a cold climate and tundra or Steppe [...]
By admin on February 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

Langbaurgh Ridge

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 564 120 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 93 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status Description of Geodiversity Intruded igneous ridge forming exposed igneous faces and a relic quarried trench Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Access along footpath from Quarry House 10 Safety of exposure Flat viewing platform 10 Restricting conditions Permission from landowner   Multiple exposure Along length of [...]
By admin on August 16, 2003 | Leave a comment

Gravel Hole Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 445 231 BGS Sheet 33 OS Sheet 93 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Disused and landscaped sand and gravel quarry Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along footpath over railway line 8 Safety of exposure Shallow quarry environment 10 Restricting conditions None   Multiple exposure None   Note It is strongly suggested that on-site safety be the responsibility of [...]
By admin on May 19, 2003 | Leave a comment

Dalton Piercey

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 469 307 BGS Sheet 27 OS Sheet 93 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Natural river-cliff exposure of fluvio-glacial deposits. The cliff reveals an exposure of middle sand, gravels and clays. Literature References The Geology of the Country Between Durham and West Hartlepool – Dennis Smith 1967 Site Map Site Assessment Access and [...]
By admin on May 6, 2003 | Leave a comment

Barwick Dyke Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 431 152 BGS Sheet 33 OS Sheet 93 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Disused flooded quarry revealing an exposure of the Cleveland Dyke. The site also reveals a unique exposure of the contact between the Dyke and Sherwood sandstone country rock. Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of [...]
By admin on April 22, 2003 | Leave a comment

Stainsby Beck Dyke

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 465 146 BGS Sheet 33 OS Sheet 93 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Stream bed exposure of the Cleveland Dyke Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access On footpath from industrial estate 10 Safety of exposure On opposite riverbank footpath 10 Restricting conditions High flow episodes obscure exposure 6 Multiple exposure Mercia mudstone exposure downstream 7 Note It is strongly [...]
By admin on April 10, 2003 | Leave a comment