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Stafford Borough
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Site Name
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Grid Ref.
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Citation
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Beech Caves, Swynnerton
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SJ 855 382
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Uncommon example of pillar-and-stall workings in a sandstone quarry.
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Bishop's Offley (north), Adbaston
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SJ 782 298
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A road cutting showing a good length of examples of Triassic sandstone features.
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Broadhill Scarp, Gnosall
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SJ 801 196
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An extensive outcrop of mottled Triassic sandstone
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Brocton Gravel Pit (west), Brocton
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SJ 974 191
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Well-exposed example of Triassic pebble beds.
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Cliffs Caves, Great Haywood, Colwich
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SK 000 218
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Fine exposure of Triassic building sandstone which also shows copper mineralisation in places.
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Cotwalton Drumble, Stone
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SJ 917 349
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Triassic sandstone showing typical water-produced sedimentary structures.
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Cowley canal cutting, Gnosall
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SJ 823 196
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Site where structures in the mudstones can be found.
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Greatwood Farm Caves, Eccleshall
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SJ 775 312
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Examples of structures produced from the extraction basal 'marl' horizon.
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Hanchurch Hills, Swynnerton
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SJ 841 400
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Historically important site associated with Charles Darwin and the recognition of an igneous dyke.
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Highlows Farm Quarry, Coldmeece
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SJ 858 334
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Historically important site where the first magnetic geophysical equipment was tested.
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High Onn Manor Church Eaton
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SJ 825 162
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Site which shows evidence of the direction of flow of glaciers in the last Ice Age.
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Kingswood Bank Gravel Pit, Trentham Park, Swynnerton
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SJ 854 403
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Excellent example of typical Triassic sandstone and conglomerate interbedding.
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Satnall Hills Quarry, Berkswich
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SJ 983 208
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Well-exposed example of the Cannock Chase Formation pebble beds.
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Source: SGAP. Note that these sites do not indicate public access - landowners' permission must be sought.
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