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Barwick Sandstone 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...
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Tag Archives: Saltwick Sandstone

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

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

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

Birk Brow Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors 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 Literature References Site Map 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   Note It is [...]
By admin on June 24, 2003 | Leave a comment

High Cliff Nab

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 611 139 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Part of Guisborough Forest 30/09/2003 Site Description Site Status SNCI Description of Geodiversity Massive exposure of Saltwick sandstone Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Footpath to nab 10 Safety of exposure Good - No overhangs 10 Restricting conditions High winds 8 Multiple exposure Part of Guisborough Forest 10 Note It is strongly suggested that on-site [...]
By admin on April 14, 2003 | Leave a comment

Brotton Quarry

Contents Site Description Site Map Site Assessment Surveyors Grid Reference NZ 694 198 BGS Sheet 34 OS Sheet 94 Forwarded as RIGS Site Description Site Status Description of Geodiversity Small disused Saltwick sandstone quarry revealing one obscured face Literature References Site Map Site Assessment Access and Safety Comments Rating Safety of access Across busy road from parking area for Cattersty Nature Reserve 8 Safety of exposure Steep entrance with thorny vegetation 8 Restricting conditions Misuse from local [...]
By admin on March 31, 2003 | Leave a comment