Edgehills Quarry


Sandstone Quarry

Sep 20th, 2024 from Wikipedia by BertyBasset

Sep 21st, 2024 by BertyBasset



Edgehills Quarry, Plump Hill
Forest of Dean
Mitcheldean
51.8486671, -2.4936841
SO 6609 1679
Open Access
250m
#26,395


Associate with the nearby Westburybrook Iron Mine (aka Edgehills Iron Mine), for which a shaft entrance (now capped with a concrete surface) is sited nearby.

The quarry is sited in the Forest of Dean and provides an easily accessible exposure through c.75 metres of Drybrook Sandstone. The sandstones include good sedimentary structures and fossil traces which indicate a shallow marine environment. The Drybrook Sandstone lies between the Chadian Whitehead Limestone and the overlying unconformable Coal Measures.

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SSSI 1974




Edgehills Quarry, Plump Hill



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