GeologyRocks

What is your particular interest and where are you coming from?

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Well I live in the North East.
And in terms of intrest...anything really, strange rock formations, decent fossil hunting grounds, intresting rocks/minerals for collection and anything that is a "must" visit.

1) Siccar Point - Devonian/Silurian unconformity made famous by James Hutton. It's like a Mecca for geologists, so this should be no. 1 stop

2) Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh - Carboniferous volcano, some nice sedimnetary stuff too

3) Whitby Area (Ravenscar is best for fossils) - Classic Jurassic sedimentation and lots of fossils. Scarborough even has some dino footprints (see the articles section).

4) There's some nice Carb-Perm reefs near Newcastle (can't remember exactly where, but there in one of my notebooks somewhere)

5) Pease bay, Barns Ness - Devonian river sediments and carboniferous reefs respectively

6) Flamborough Head - classic chalk sequences

7) Boston Castle, Rotherham - Rotherham Red sandstone which shows classic river deposits (and is my 1st field work site)

8) Castleton and Mam Tor - carboniferous reef and modern landslip

9) Dobbs Linn, Scottish Border - graptolite heaven

10) Greater Oolite in N. Yorkshire - great fossils (around York - Whitby kind of area).

That lot do you? I've tried to stick to NE localities, rather than those I know in Dorset & Devon

Excellent I'll research these places and plan an outing.
Thanks alot.

Don't think I'd have produced such a comprehensive list as that Jon.  Out of my area of course - thats my excuse!!!!

But  you did forget fluorite in Weardale. Still bits laying around if you find the right places - and its not that big!

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Just the advantage of having a geology-based degree from Edinburgh - you do a lot of field work around there! I've never been to Weardale though and from my list you can tell I'm a sedimentologist

Come on Jon,  give the lad a reasonably round geological eduation - tell him some metamorphic and igneous sites as well!  lol

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Arthur's Seat is there - that's igneous. Sedimentary rocks are far more interesting anyway

I'd recommend the bay North of Dunstanburgh Castle near Craster/Embleon.  Wave like igneous layers in a stunning setting., especially in/after a storm  Drive to Embleton (park next to the golf course) and walk about 1 mile south towards the castle.

Mac

Hey that looks interesting, Mascot.   Thats more like it!

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

You could also check out some Tafoni at Cuddy's Cave south of Doddington- see image below.

 Full details of site, photos, maps, location are at:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3365/cuddys_cave.html

and

http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/panels_map.asp?pi=97&clickbehaviour=centreonpanels

Thanks guys, looks like I'm going to be busy at the weekends. If anymore come to mind make sure you type them up please.

haha got my 4th driving test soon, failed again on tuesday, gutting

 me and my mate gonna road trip it up some time, when it gets warmer again, climbing gonna see if i can check out any of these places at the same time that photo looked pretty cool. i went to mull on feild trip, tad chilly but that was amazing!  

I know it's not the mainland but the isle of Staffa, off the West coast of Scotland, is absolutely amazing: lots of columnar jointing.  Every geology enthusiast should see it. :-)  Plenty of puffins there too!

I know this reply is coming years after your original post, but still, if you fancy a trip somewhere, South Stack lighthouse in Anglesey has some interesting geology surrounding it!

Indeed, but not just South Stack.  You could spend a weekjust having very quick looks at various parts of Anglesey.  There really is a lot there.

However we haven't heard from this Triffidstalk for a couuple of years so don't know if he has yet passed his test and is still into geology.

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant