Haw Crag Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 54.0039, -2.1339

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North Yorkshire County YORKSHIRE DALES National Park

Condition (Natural England)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SD913564 — Favourable 9.45 2021-08-25

Description

Area, 9.05 hectares 23.35 ac Description This locality shows an early Dinantian Courceyan? Chadian reef with associated limestones. In the latter there occur spectacular breccias with lithoclasts up to four metres across adjacent to a fault scarp. The site has outstanding potential for sedimentological and palaeoecological interpretation and is a key site in the understanding of carbonate environments in the Craven Basin. Other Information The site is identified as of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review. * Under Section 23 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.