There are currently more than 110 designated Local Geological Sites in Herefordshire, covering a number of the rock types and landscape features to be found (See Local Geology section). For more information about the sites listed below, please contact eht@worc.ac.uk:
Site Name | Geology/Geomorphology |
Aymestrey Main Quarry | Silurian, Aymestry Limestone, Ludlow Series |
Ballingham Railway Section | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, Quaternary Flowstone |
Bartestree Quarry (Lowes Hill) | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, Permian-aged Intrusion |
Barton Farm, Kington | Quaternary, Pleistocene, Late Devensian, Hereford Formation, Glacial Moraine |
Blackwardine | Quaternary, Anglian, Risbury Formation |
Bodenham Farm Site 1 | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Bodenham Farm Site 2 | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Bodenham Farm Site 3 | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Bodenham Tufa Falls | Quaternary |
Bredwardine ( Old Court) | Quaternary, Late Devensian, Staunton on Wye Member of Herefordshire Formation |
Bridge Sollers | Quaternary, Late Devensian |
Brobury Scar | Silurian, Raglan Mudstone Formation |
Brockhill Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series, Downton Castle Sandstone Formation |
Brockhill Stream Section | Silurian, Ludlow Series, Wenlock Series |
Byton Meanders | Channel Processes & Migration |
Cholstrey | Quaternary, Pleistocene, Anglian, Risbury Formation, Devensian, Herefordshire Formation, Meltwater channel |
Clutters Cave | Precambrian, Warren House Series |
Coneygree Wood Site 1 | Silurian, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation |
Cowleigh Bridge A | Silurian, Llandovery Series, May Hill Sandstone Group, Cowleigh Park Formation |
Cowleigh Bridge B | Precambrian, Malverns Complex, Silurian, Llandovery, May Hill Sandstone Group |
Deans Place Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Deer Park Road Section | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Dormington Slip | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Dormington Wood Quarry | Silurian, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation |
Dudales Hope Valley | Devonian, St Maughans Formation |
E.Green’s Quarry | Silurian, Priodoli Series |
Eaton Hill | Silurian, Raglan Mudstone Formation, Quaternary, herefordshire Formation, Risby Formation, Dry Valley |
Flintsham Kettle | Quarternary, Late Devensian, Herefordshire Formation, Kettle Hole, hummock terrain |
Franklands Gate | Quaternary, Anglian Risbury Formation |
Gardiners Quarry | Precambrian, Malvern Complex |
Glewstone Boat | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, Brownstones |
Glewstone A40 | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, Brownstones |
Goggin Road Section | Silurian Ludlow Series |
Goodrich Castle | Devonian, Lower Old red Sandstone |
Gullet Main Quarry | Precambrian, Malvern Complex |
Gullet Pass | Cambrian, Comley Series |
Gullet Top Quarry | Silurian, Llandovery Series, Precambrian Malvern Complex |
Halesend Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Hergest Court | Quaternary, Pleistocene, Late Devensian, Hereford Formation, Meltwater channels |
Haysebrook Cottages | Quaternary, Whitehouse member of Risbury Formation, Cradley and Colwall Members of Cradley Valley Formation |
Highfield | Devonian, St Maughans Formation |
Hoopers Oak Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Howle Hill Quarries | Carboniferous, Carboniferous Lower Limestone Shales |
Huntsham Bridge | Quaternary |
Huntsham Hill Road Cutting | Devonian, Upper Old Red Sandstone, Quartz Conglomerate |
King Arthur’s Cave | Quaternary, Carboniferous, Crease Limestone Formation |
Kingsfield | Quaternary, Lugg Valley Formation |
Kinsham Gorge | Proglacial Overspill Channel |
Knapp Lane Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series, Aymestry Limestone |
Ledbury Tunnel Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series, Downton Castle Formation |
Limestone Pavement, Little Doward | Quaternary, Carboniferous, Crease Limestone Formation |
Linton Quarry | Silurian, Wenlock Series, Ludlow Series, Pridoli Series |
Linton Tile Works | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, St Maughans Formation |
Little Doward Hillside 1 | Devonian, Upper ORS, Quartz Conglomerate Formation |
Little Doward Hillside 2 | Carboniferous, Lower Limestone Shales |
Little Doward Hillside 3 | Carboniferous, Lower Dolomite and Crease Limestone |
Locksters Pool | Channel Processes and Migration |
Lordswood Quarry | Carboniferous, Carboniferous Limestone Series |
Lyne Down Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
M50 Section 1 and d | Devonian, Lower old Red Sandstone, Brownstones |
M50 Section 2 | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, St Maughans Formation, Brownstones |
M50 Section A | Silurian/Devonian, Downton Castle Fm./Lower Old Red Sandstone |
Marlbrook | Silurian, Raglan Mudstone Formation, Bishops Frome Limestone Formation |
Mathon Quarry | Quaternary |
Middle Hollybush Quarry | Precambrian, Cambrian, Malvern Quarzite |
Mortimers Cross | Quaternary, Devensian Moraine |
Mortimers Cross Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Motorway(Linton Wood) Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation |
Murchison Exposure, News Wood | Silurian, Much Wenlock Formation |
Old Sufton | Silurian, Downton Group |
Overross Cliff | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, Brownstones |
Priors Frome Laneside | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Purlieu Brockhill Coppice | Silurian, Ludlow Series, Quaternary, Tufa |
Quarry near Fowlet Farm | Cambrian/Ordovician intrusions |
Quarry north of King Arthur’s Cave | Carboniferous, Crease Limestone and Whitehead Limestone |
Risbury Bridge | Quaternary, Anglian Humber/Risbury Fm, Devonian St Maughans Fm. |
Ryelands Croft | Quaternary, Anglian, Risbury Formation |
Scutterdine Quarry | Silurian, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Woolhope Limestone |
Shobdon Drumlins | Quaternary |
Shucknall Hill | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Slashers Quarry | Quaternary, Precambrian |
Sleaves Oak Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Sned Wood | Fault Controlled Valley, result of Glacial Diversion of Drainage |
Stansbatch | Quaternary, Late Devensian |
Starpit Farm | Quaternary, Anglian Starpit Formation |
Station Road Industrial Estate | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, St Maughan’s Formaiton |
Stiffords Bridge – Longley Green | Quaternary, Mathon Valley Formation |
Stoke Prior School | Quaternary, Anglian/Late Devensian |
Stretford | Quaternary, Late Devensian |
Sunny Hill Section | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Sutton Walls | Quaternary, Lugg Valley Formation |
Swardon Quarry | Silurian, Ludlow Series. |
Swardon Quarry below house | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
The Biblins | Carboniferous and Quaternary |
The Brays | Quaternary, Risbury Formation, Mathon Valley Formation |
The Leasows | Quaternary, Late Devensian, Hereford Formation |
The Rainbow/ Hell Wood Channel | Subglacial Channel |
The Vauld | Quaternary, Anglian Risbury Formation |
Tidbatch 2 | Devonian, St Maughans Formation |
Trippleton Lane | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Turners Boat | Quaternary, Devensian Kettle Moraine |
Upper Lyde Pit | Quaternary, Devensian |
Ward Hill | Silurian, Raglan Mudstone Formation, Bishop’s Frome Limestone |
Warners Farm Pit | Quaternary, Risbury Formation, Cradley Valley Formation |
Whitmans Hill Coppice | Silurian, Much Wenlock Formation |
Whitmans Hill Quarry | Silurian, Wenlock Series, Ludlow Series |
Wild Goose Farm | Silurian, Much Wenlock Formation |
Wilton Bluff | Devonian, Lower Old Red Sandstone, Brownstones |
Woolhope Cockshoot 2 | Silurian, Ludlow Series |
Woolhope Quarry | Silurian, Wenlock Series |
Yatton Court | Quaternary, Devensian |
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