Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting
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Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO694166 | — | Unfavourable No Change | 0.39 | 2022-04-25 |
Geology & landscape
Geological Period: Silurian · Rock Type: Sandstone
Description
Area, 0.3 ha. 0.7 ac. Description This section in the Ludlow Series of the Silurian spans the Gorstian and Ludfordian stages. It is the type section for the Upper Flaxley Beds and the Lower and Upper Blaisdon Beds. It also shows an extensive and continuous exposure through the Longhope Beds to the Clifford’s Mesne Sandstone of the Downtonian. Diverse and well preserved shelly faunas characterise the Upper Flaxley Beds, which also contain an acritarch microflora of high diversity. The section shows the unconformity between the Gorstian Upper Flaxley Beds and the Lower Blaisdon Beds above. This is a key stratigraphic locality for examining the Ludlow Series rocks of the May Hill inlier which shows a less complete and thinner sequence than exists in the Malvern and Woolhope areas.