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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 589 |
| Date Entered | 30/07/2012 |
| Updated on | 04/08/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Geological Record |
| Record Type | Geological HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 29/07/2012 |
| Location | Bowes Moor. Sleightholme Beck.Dry Gill Pasture. |
| Civil Parish | Not known |
| Brit. National Grid | NY 929 090 |
| Altitude | 400m |
| Geology | Namurian Strata. The Little Limestone exposed in Sleightholme Beck and forming small waterfalls. |
| Record Name | Sleightholme Beck. Dry Gill Pasture. The Little Limestone exposed in the stream. |
| Record Description | The Forest of Stainmoor is a glaciated plain with incutting streams. The rocks are sandstones, mudstones, shales and occasional thin beds of limestone all of Namurian Age and the vegetation is generally acidic moorland except where the limestone outcrops or where calcareous flushes form at springs when the groundwater flowing through the limestone is calcareous.
Dry Gill Pasture is an island of fertility in a sea of heather moorland. A very large tufa deposit has formed close to the Shooting Hut. This deposit is of considerable interest providing an opportunity to study past climatic environments. At least three different soil layers, representing dry climatic zones being visible in the section. These soil layers are seperated by tufa deposits representing wetter climatic zones, see photos. |
| Additional Notes | The Little Limestone is the first of several thin limestones above the Main Limestone and is at the same horizon as the Richmond Cherts on Stainmore. |
| Image 1 ID | 3201 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 2 ID | 3194 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 3 ID | 3195 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 4 ID | 3196 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 5 ID | 3197 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 6 ID | 3198 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 7 ID | 3199 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 8 ID | 3200 Click image to enlarge |
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