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Rock markings, Green How - natural or man-made?
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD2792 The rock is Silurian siltstone and there are various antiquities (ancient cairns... (more)
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Silurian ridge, Crummackdale
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD7770 The sides of the dale are mainly Carboniferous limestone but much of the floor... (more)
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Limestone exposure, Wenlock Edge
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO5796 Fossilised Silurian coral on the lip of an actual climbable crag (or it was... (more)
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type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
LimestoneX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:Woodland, ForestX
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Rock slab, Brant Fell
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4196 Below and east of the top are some quite large slabs of Silurian rock which have... (more)
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type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
Glacial FeatureX
Rock SlabX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Across the geological divide
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD5480 Looking across the valley of Lupton Beck from the Carboniferous limestone of... (more)
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Carboniferous LimestoneX
type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Silurian strata, Bethecar Moor
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD3090 The moor is a rough little wilderness of bracken, heather and rock outcrops with... (more)
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top:Geological InterestX
top:MoorlandX
Rock OutcropX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
SynclineX
top:UplandsX
WalkerX
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The upper rocks on White Stone
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD3884 The banding in the Silurian siltstone is picked out in the evening sun.
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The main buttress at White Stone
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD3884 This crag dominates the A590 appearing for a while as a pointed, rocky peak... (more)
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ButtressX
CragX
top:Geological InterestX
Rock ClimbsX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
SiltstoneX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Stang Hill, Winster Valley
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4285 The 'hill' is merely an upstanding rocky knoll that rises a few metres... (more)
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Outcrop, north end of The Helm
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD5389 The Helm is composed of Upper Silurian aged Kirkby Moor Flagstones and is... (more)
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Small quarry
by Jonathan Wilkins geograph for square SO2380 Informal quarries such as this used to provide all the local requirements for... (more)
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Disused quarry
by Jonathan Wilkins geograph for square SO2776 Almost every farm used to have a small quarry where stone was obtained for local... (more)
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Trial pit
by Jonathan Wilkins geograph for square SH8075 Land which has been cleared for development has been dug to provide a rock... (more)
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Bench with outcrop
by Jonathan Wilkins geograph for square SH8075 In Glan Conwy rock is seldom far from the surface. Here a rather degraded,... (more)
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Queen Street, Ulverston
by Adrian Taylor geograph for square SD2878 Formerly the A590 road, this is the walking route from Ulverston Station to the... (more)
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road:A590X
top:City, Town CentreX
CumbriaX
ldp:Cumbria WayX
Cumbria WayX
long distance footpath:Cumbria WayX
long distance path:Cumbria WayX
DressedX
type:GeographX
building material:LimestoneX
Queen StreetX
top:Roads, Road TransportX
Silurian
SlateX
building material:SlateX
subject:StreetX
UlverstonX
place:UlverstonX
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Bank erosion on the Dye Water - rock detail
by M J Richardson for square NT6457 The river has taken a sharp turn as it has come up against harder rock. The rock... (more)
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type:Close LookX
Dye WaterX
top:Geological InterestX
place:Lammermuir HillsX
top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX
subject:RockX
Rock ExposureX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
place:Scottish BordersX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Bank erosion on the Dye Water
by M J Richardson geograph for square NT6457 The river has taken a sharp turn as it has come up against harder rock. The rock... (more)
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Bank ErosionX
plant:BrackenX
Dye WaterX
type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
Heather MoorX
place:Lammermuir HillsX
top:MoorlandX
subject:RockX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
place:Scottish BordersX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
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Bank erosion on the Dye Water
by M J Richardson geograph for square NT6457 The river has taken a sharp turn as it has come up against harder rock. The rock... (more)
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plant:BrackenX
Dye WaterX
subject:ErosionX
type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
Heather MoorX
place:Lammermuir HillsX
top:MoorlandX
top:Rivers, Streams, DrainageX
place:Scottish BordersX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Towards the Ludlow Anticlyne
by Richard Webb for square SO4568 The great limestone ridge which includes Wenlock Edge to the northeast takes a... (more)
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BringewoodX
type:Cross GridX
top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
top:Geological InterestX
p150 hill:High VinnallsX
LimestoneX
Ludlow AnticlyneX
Silurian
top:Woodland, ForestX
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Disused quarry above Mountbenger Toll
by M J Richardson geograph for square NT3026 With an exposure of steeply dipping layers of very old rock - Silurian I believe.
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top:Geological InterestX
Old QuarryX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
subject:RockX
Rock ExposureX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
place:Scottish BordersX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Tridley Point in the Leven estuary
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD3178 The point is a spur of Silurian rock which sticks out into the estuary forming... (more)
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Outcrops, Newton Fell
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4082 The long ridge of Newton Fell is composed of Silurian siltstone in common with... (more)
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Last light on Newton Fell
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4082 Ali is standing on the topmost rocks of the un-named 221m summit due east of... (more)
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top:Air, Sky, WeatherX
EveningX
top:GrasslandX
Hill SummitX
Minor Rock OutcropsX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
WalkerX
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Small rock outcrop, head of Sarah Gill
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD5583 Several small outcrops of what looks like Silurian-age rock are probably... (more)
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
top:GrasslandX
Minor Rock OutcropsX
former:QuarryX
Quarry DisusedX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Split erratic boulder on Township Allotment
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4388 Erratic boulders of older Silurian rock can be found scattered over the... (more)
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Close to the Dent Fault on Stone Rigg
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD6886 The Dent Fault (discovered by Adam Sedgwick, a Cambridge professor of Geology... (more)
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CarboniferousX
FellsX
top:Geological InterestX
top:GrasslandX
Limestone OutcropX
top:MoorlandX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Erratic boulder, Township Allotment
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4489 This large rock of Silurian slate has been dumped here by glacial ice. Sitting... (more)
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Outcrop with tree on Scale Hill, Winster Valley
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4288 There are many outcrops of Silurian slate scattered around the floor of the... (more)
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top:Air, Sky, WeatherX
top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
top:Geological InterestX
top:GrasslandX
Rock OutcropX
Silurian
SunlightX
TreeX
top:Woodland, ForestX
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Above The Goggin
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO4670 The limestone ridge that runs from Severn to Wye straightens out again after the... (more)
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top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
LimestoneX
Silurian
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Knowle Quarry
by Richard Webb for square SO5897 A Wenlock Edge quarry on one of the National Trust's waymarked paths.
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Lea Quarry
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO5998 A limestone quarry which was active in the 1980s. Now a storage site for timber.
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Blakeway Hollow
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO6099 A green lane leading up to Wenlock Edge from Much Wenlock. How we got the... (more)
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Westwood Quarry
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO5998 Some of the Wenlock limestone quarries were working until a few years ago,
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View off Wenlock Edge
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO5796 At the top of one of the Ippikin's Rock crag. A rare event on the great... (more)
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type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
LimestoneX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
top:Woodland, ForestX
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Dionscourt and High Vinnalls
by Richard Webb for square SO4568 View along the limestone ridges from Croft Ambrey.
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BringewoodX
type:Cross GridX
top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
p150 hill:High VinnallsX
LimestoneX
Ludlow AnticlyneX
Silurian
top:Woodland, ForestX
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Northern side of Caynham Camp
by Richard Webb geograph for square SO5473 A view over Ludlow from the edge of a steep limestone scarp, the result of faulting.
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English Civil WarX
type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
top:Heath, ScrubX
Hill FortX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
LimestoneX
Silurian
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Rock outcrop, Sleddale Forest
by Karl and Ali geograph for square NY4801 There is so little rock evident in this vast area of moorland that even small... (more)
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FellsX
Minor Rock OutcropsX
top:MoorlandX
MountainsX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Rocky OutcropsX
Silurian
top:UplandsX
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Tree and outcrop by Green Lane
by Karl and Ali geograph for square SD4194 The rock has a fairly fresh, unweathered look which suggests it may have been... (more)
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Big TreeX
top:Geological InterestX
top:GrasslandX
top:LowlandsX
Minor Rock OutcropsX
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
Silurian
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