Tees Valley RIGS Group

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 of the underlying Dogger formation
Literature References Along the Scar - Denis Goldring 2001
Steeped in History - I Miller, North Yorkshire Moors NPA 2002

The Floating Egg - Roger Osbourne 1998

The Regional Coastline of Yorkshire - J.W.Steers 1967

Site Maps

Ordnance Survey

Site Assessment

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Surveyors

Denis Goldring

Tags: Cleveland Ironstone, Dogger, Jurassic, Lias, Marine, Ravenscar, Saltwick Sandstone, Whitby Mudstone

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