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Peak District (Staffordshire Moorlands District)
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Site Name
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Grid Ref.
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Citation
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Apes Tor, Wetton
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SK 099 586
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Impressive example of structural folding in Carboniferous limestone
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Blake Brook (west), Blake Brook (east), Fawfieldhead
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SK 061 612
SK 065 612
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Section through several marine bands around the horizon of the Minn Sandstones to the west, and an almost complete Kinderscoutian sequence to the east.
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Dale Quarries, Manifold Valley
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SK 093 587
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Good exposures of the higher (younger) levels of the Ecton Limestones.
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Ecton Copper Mines, Manifold Valley
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SK 099 580
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Historically important copper ore extraction and the visible remains of this industry.
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Five Clouds, Leekfrith
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SK 001 627
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Well-exposed site of Five Clouds Sandstone.
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Gib Torr Rocks, Quarnford
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SK 018 648
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Impressive exposure of the Chatsworth Grits.
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Greens (NW), River Dane, Quarnford
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SK 005 670
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Folding and sedimentary structures exhibited in the Rough Rock Group sandstone.
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Grindon Moor Quarries, Grindon
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SK 060 559
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Example of the fossiliferous Onecote Sandstone.
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Hen Cloud, Leekfrith
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SK 008 616
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Impressive topographical feature of Roaches Grit.
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Hope Marsh, Alstonefield
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SK 119 555
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Rare fossiliferous exposure of inter-reef beds in the Hopedale Limestones.
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Ironpits, Hamps Valley, Waterhouses
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SK 066 520
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Exposure of Arnsbergian aged fossiliferous shale.
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Lee House Quarry (W), Waterhouses
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SK 086 503
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Type locality for the brachiopod Gigantoproductus crassiventa.
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Lee House Quarry (E), Waterhouses
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SK 087 503
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Unusually fossiliferous example of the Hopedale Limestones.
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Lee railway cutting, (N) Manifold Valley,
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SK 093 581
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Stratigraphical boundary between the Milldale and Ecton Limestones.
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Meadow Farm (S), Hamps Valley
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SK 046 579
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Example of moderately fossiliferous Ecton (Mixon) Limestones.
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Ramshaw Rocks, Heathylee
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SK 019 623
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Outstanding landscape feature produced from Roaches Grit.
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Roaches, Leekfrith
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SK 002 633
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Prominent landscape crag feature of Roaches Grit.
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Sheen Hill, Sheen
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SK 111 625
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Most prominent example of the Sheen Sandstones.
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Wetton Road Quarry, Grindon
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SK 094 541
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Example of easily recognised large scale folding in the Ecton Limestone rocks.
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Wiggenstall Stream (S), Fawfieldhead
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SK 091 606
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Exposure of bentonite (altered ash) bands within the Namurian shales.
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Source: SGAP. Note that these sites do not indicate public access - landowners' permission must be sought.
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