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Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough
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Site Name
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Grid Ref.
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Citation
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Apedale Furnace Quarry, Apedale
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SJ 822 485
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Good exposure of the Cannel Row Coal with fossils to be found in the mudstones above the coal seam.
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Birchenwood Quarry, Kidsgrove
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SJ 855 542
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One of the few large exposures of typical Coal Measure rock sequences.
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Bradwell Wood Quarry, Newcastle-under-Lyme
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SJ 843 504
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Exposure of the Etruria Formation mudstones used in the local brick and tile industry.
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Butterton Church Quarry, Whitmore
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SJ 833 419
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A prime example of the effects of an igneous dyke (Darwin's Dyke) intruding into sandstone.
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Heighley Lane Quarry, Madeley
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SJ 773 469
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Example of typical Lower Triassic rock facies.
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Job's Wood Quarry, Silverdale
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SJ 823 460
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Best local exposure of Hanchurch Sandstone in the Newcastle Formation.
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Kent Hill Quarry, Audley Rural
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SJ 789 509
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Represents a very rare example of an adit-worked conglomerate quarry.
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Madeley Heath Tileries, (Ridgehill Clay Pit), Madeley
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SJ 788 452
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Example of a large quarry exposing Etruria Formation mudstones topped by siltstones of the Newcastle Formation.
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Miry Quarry, Apedale
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SJ 812 494
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Rare exposure of the significant time-boundary indicator bed - the Vanderbeckei Marine Band.
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Mount Pleasant Quarries, (East), Kidsgrove
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SJ 851 565
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Example of Millstone Grit showing large fault structures with baryte mineral veins.
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Mow Cop Folly Quarries, Kidsgrove
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SJ 857 573
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Impressive ridge outcrop of Millstone Grit.
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Quarry Bank Quarry, Keele
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SJ 807 461
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The prime exposure of the red Keele Sandstone.
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Red Hill Rifle Range, Maer
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SJ 786 397
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Examples of Triassic braided river plain and aeolian dunefield sedimentary structures.
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Source: SGAP. Note that these sites do not indicate public access - landowners' permission must be sought.
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