Category Archives: Cloughton

Kilton Castle


Grid Reference NZ 705 176
BGS Sheet 34
OS Sheet 94
Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003
Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity River cliff section with exposures of marine Eller Beck Formation mudstone and sandstone overlain by deltaic Cloughton Formation. The section bears ichnofossils and is a rare exposure of this stratigraphic unit in the locality.

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Kilton Beck

Grid Reference NZ 706 180
BGS Sheet 34
OS Sheet 94
Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/03

Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity River gorge environment revealing river-cliff exposures of the Cloughton formation sandstone from the Ravenscar group
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Site Assessment

Access and Safety
Comments
Rating

Safety of access
Along footpath from Liverton car park
7

Safety of exposure
Flat viewing platform on footpath
10

Restricting conditions
High [...]

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