Shrewley Canal Cutting
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Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP212674 | — | Favourable | 1.04 | 2012-07-05 |
Climate exposure
This is about exposure to a nationwide pressure this habitat type carries — not a verdict on this site's own management.
Coastal habitats are exposed to sea-level rise and storm erosion. Where hard sea defences sit behind them, there's nowhere landward to retreat to — a squeeze that keeps compressing the habitat no matter how well it's managed.
Geology & landscape
Geological Period: Triassic · Rock Type: Mudstone, Sandstone
Landscape processes: Coastal
Description
A Description The canal cutting at Shrewley exposes a sequence in the Arden Sandstone Member of the Triassic Period. It forms a distinctive marker horizon in the Mercia Mudstone Group of central England. The sequence comprises an overall coarsening upwards in the succession in which grey green shales and siltstones with wavy and lenticular bedding pass into white fine grained well sorted dolomitic sandstones. The facies thus indicates marine intertidal deposition conditions. The Arden Sandstone Member has in the past yielded a diverse fauna and flora. Palynological 'spore' evidence indicates a Carnian Late Triassic age for the Shrewley deposits.