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Staffordshire Moorlands District
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Site Name
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Grid Ref.
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Citation
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Combes Brook, Cheddleton
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SK 004 524
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Accessible exposure of fossiliferous Kinderscoutian shales.
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Far Kingsley Banks, Kingsley
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SJ 995 481
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One of the few exposures of a coal seam in the area.
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Hazles Wood, Kingsley
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SK 005 483
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Exposure of a geologically important time boundary; that between the Namurian and Westphalian rock series.
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Highshutt Quarry, Hawksmoor, Cheadle
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SK 032 439
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Easily accessible and impressive exposure of Triassic conglomerate which contains a variety of derived pebble material.
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Hofton's Cross, Caldonlow, Cotton
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SK 074 481
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Good exposure of a fossiliferous 'reef' limestone.
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Houghwood, Bagnall
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SJ 919 514
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Ridge feature made from Namurian Kinderscoutian sandstone.
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Huntley Railway Cutting and Quarry, Cheadle
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SK 004 415
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Exposure of Triassic Hawksmoor Formation sandstones and the close proximity of exposures of the older Coal Measure rocks.
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Knypersley Reservoir, Biddulph
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SJ 894 555
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Example of sandstone from the Lower Coal Measures.
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Peakstone Rock, Alton Common, Alton
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SK 051 421
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Outstanding example of a pillar structure formed by differential erosion.
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Starwood, Cotton Dell, Cotton
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SK 061 460
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Unusual occurrence of a richly fossiliferous goniatite bed.
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Source: SGAP. Note that these sites do not indicate public access - landowners' permission must be sought.
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