Tag Archives: Eller Beck

Birk Brow Quarry

Grid Reference NZ 653 152
BGS Sheet 34
OS Sheet 94
Forwarded as RIGS 30/09/03
Site Description
Site Status SNCI
Description of Geodiversity Disused quarry revealing exposures of Saltwick sandstone and the base of the overlying Eller Beck formation
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Site Assessment

Access and Safety
Comments
Rating

Safety of access
Along footpath from Stanghow Ridge
10

Safety of exposure
Excellent viewing platform
10

Restricting conditions
None
 

Multiple exposure
None
 

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By admin on June 24, 2003 | Leave a comment

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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By admin on May 19, 2003 | Leave a comment