Geological Sites | Leeds
| Bradford | Calderdale
| Kirklees | Wakefield
STATUS: RIGS
OTHER DESIGNATIONS:
COUNTY: West Yorkshire
DISTRICT: Calderdale
OS GRID REF: SE 102 215
OS 1:50,000 Landranger Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford,
OS 1:25,000 Explorer 288 Bradford and Huddersfield
BGS 1:50,000 Sheet 77 Huddersfield Solid and Drift
FIRST DESIGNATED by West Yorkshire RIGS Group in 1996
DATE OF MOST RECENT SURVEY
SITE DESCRIPTION:
The 500m exposure along the A629 shows features of the Upper Carboniferous
Yeadonian Rough Rock which show how it was deposited in a large delta
system, with river channels of varying depths. The face is 15 to 30m
high, but has been and benched and overgrown by trees since the Elland
bypass was constructed
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
EDUCATIONAL VALUE:
Not suitable for students or members of the public. The site is overgrown
with no safe access.
However this is an important site which has been described in several
scientific papers.
AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS:
ACCESS AND SAFETY:
Site needs risk assessment and provision for safe access. The cutting
can only be safely viewed from the footpath on the west site of the
dual carriageway.
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