Geological Sites | Leeds
| Bradford | Calderdale
| Kirklees | Wakefield
 STATUS: RIGS
OTHER DESIGNATIONS:
COUNTY: West Yorkshire
DISTRICT: Bradford
OS GRID REF. SE 156 371
OS SHEET 1:50,000 Landranger 104 Leeds and Bradford
OS SHEET: 1:25,000 Explorer 288 Bradford and Huddersfield
BGS Geological 1:50,000 Sheet 69 Bradford (Solid and Drift edition)
FIRST DESIGNATED by West Yorkshire RIGS Group in 1996
DATE OF MOST RECENT SURVEY
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION produced by Neil Aitkenhead
SITE DESCRIPTION
The Upper Carboniferous (Lower Coal Measures) Stanningly Rock and 48
Yard Rock and associated strata in the quarry comprise a total exposure
of about 30m in two quarries for the former brickworks. The lower quarry
reveals an inter-bedded sequence of siltstones and fine sandstones with
about half a metre of recumbent slump folds which may be related to instability
on the bed of a lake.
The upper quarry exposes mudstones and siltstones coarsening upward into
the sandstone of the 48 Yard Rock. This sandstone may be interpreted
as deposition in a mouth bar. A rock fall in 2004 has revealed many well
preserved plant fossils together with the sand filled burrows referred
to as Arenicolites carbonarius.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
This is the site of the former Wrose Hill brickworks where the section
included the 36 Yard Coal, ganister and pipe clay which were worked for
the manufacture of firebricks.
 EDUCATIONAL VALUE:
This is a suitable site for higher level students to investigate depositional
environments and palaeocurrents.
AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Extensive views of the Aire Valley towards Baildon Moor.
ACCESS AND SAFETY:
Access to the site is via Carr Lane. The area beneath the lower quarry
is grassed and level, giving good sight of the rock faces, especially
when the trees are not in leaf. In places the site is somewhat overgrown
with trees, bushes and vegetation and will require ‘gardening’ at
some future date. The talus slopes beneath the quarry faces are loose
and should not be climbed. This is a HARD HAT SITE.
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