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Saltburn Gill
Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 655 132 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland stream-side escarpment revealing deltaic sandstones specifically the Moor Grit member of the Scalby formation Literature...
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Category Archives: Ravenscar

Woodhill Gill

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 655 132 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland stream-side escarpment revealing deltaic sandstones specifically the Moor Grit member of the Scalby formation Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along designated footpath 10 Safety of exposure Steep slopes obscured by vegetation 5 Restricting conditions Vegetation growth in summer [...]
By admin on September 20, 2003 | Leave a comment

Cass Rock Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Summary Evaluation of Site’s Value and Importance Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 631 146 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Part of Guisborough Forest 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Brief Site Description Site 7 of 7. Disused alum quarry revealing exposures of Liassic Whitby mudstone and overlying Middle Jurassic Saltwick sandstone. Following abandonment after alum working, this quarry [...]
By admin on September 20, 2003 | Leave a comment

Easington Beck

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 749 162 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland river cutting through deltaic sandstone revealing river-cliffs and waterfalls. Exposures include Saltwick sandstone, Dogger and Whitby mudstone formations Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access From footbridge and along stream bank 8 Safety of exposure Slippery on [...]
By admin on September 4, 2003 | Leave a comment

Wiley Cat Beck

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 643 145 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/03 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Upland river gorge revealing exposures of Saltwick sandstone with a beck cutting steeply through the profile Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along designated footpath 8 Safety of exposure Steep-sided valley, overhangs in places 6 Restricting conditions High-flow episodes 9 Multiple exposure None   Note It [...]
By admin on August 28, 2003 | Leave a comment

Whitecliff Wood

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 715 182 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Site Description Site Status Description of Geodiversity River cliff exposures of massive Saltwick sandstone forming cliffs and escarpments Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Descend to stream level via housing estate 8 Safety of exposure Slippery bank, no footpath 5 Restricting conditions High flow episodes 5 Multiple exposure None   Note It is [...]
By admin on August 12, 2003 | Leave a comment

Belmont Bank

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors 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 – [...]
By admin on August 1, 2003 | Leave a comment

Roseberry Topping

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 579 126 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 93 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/03 Site Description Site Status SSSI and SNCI Description of Geodiversity Famous geomorphological landform covering much of Cleveland’s geology. Including Staithes sandstone, Cleveland ironstone, Whitby mudstone and Saltwick sandstone formations. Literature References Yorkshire Rocks and Landscapes – YGS 1984 Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along [...]
By admin on July 21, 2003 | Leave a comment

Boulby Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 738 200 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SSSI and Part of the Heritage Coast Description of Geodiversity Extensive disused quarry area revealing workings in the Alum shale member of the Whitby mudstone formation. Top of the quarry reveals exposures of massive Saltwick sandstone with sporadic exposures [...]
By admin on July 1, 2003 | Leave a comment

Freeborough Hill

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 690 127 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status Description of Geodiversity Independent cone shaped hill formed through glaciation. The outlier comprises Ravenscar group capped by Osgodby group Literature References An Interpretation of the Geomorphology of Freebrough Hill – Duncan Wishart, University of Durham Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety [...]
By admin on June 25, 2003 | Leave a comment

Errington Woods

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 636 204 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Wooded erosional outlier revealing various exposures of Saltwick sandstone. Site also reveals workings from Jet mining and exposures of Cleveland ironstone Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Along footpath 10 Safety of exposure Some difficult exposures 5 Restricting conditions None   Multiple [...]
By admin on June 24, 2003 | Leave a comment