2013
NS9869 : Petershill Limestone
taken 11 years ago, near to Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
Petershill Limestone
This is the most accessible of the interesting geological features of Petershill Reserve. It is the bedding surface of a limestone which has been tilted so that it dips towards the west. This is a marine limestone, formed as a reef round a volcanic island some 300 million years ago in the late Carboniferous. It contains an abundance of fossils including corals, brachiopods, echinoids, crinoids, bryozoa and sponges. See
NS9869 : Spirifer Fossil.
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