Close up showing the overburden. The lighter deposits at the top of the photo are glacial and the shaping of the underlying shale by ice is evident. BGS: Rossendale Formation - Mudstone And Siltstone. Sedimentary Bedrock formed approximately 313 to 314 million years ago in the Carboniferous Period. Local environment previously dominated by swamps, estuaries and deltas.
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Keywords:clough head quarry, geology, glaciation, grane, haslingden, ice age, lancashire, quarries, rossendale, sandstone, sandstones, shales, till
