Category Archives: Sherwood Sandstone

River Leven


Grid Reference NZ 459 096
BGS Sheet 33
OS Sheet 93
Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/2003
Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity River-cliff exposure revealing the contact between the Sherwood sandstone and the overlying Mercia mudstone. The Sherwood sandstone forms a washed platform and waterfall.
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Along footpath to waterfall
10

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By admin on May 12, 2003 | Leave a comment

Hartlepool Little Scar

Grid Reference NZ 526 304
BGS Sheet 27
OS Sheet 93
Forwarded as RIGS No designation

Site Description
Site Status None
Description of Geodiversity Small exposure revealing a wave washed scar consisting of Sherwood sandstone
Literature References The Geology of the Country Between Durham and West Hartlepool – Dennis Smith 1967
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Down safe steps [...]

By admin on April 7, 2003 | Leave a comment