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 STATUS: RIGS
OTHER DESIGNATIONS:
COUNTY: West Yorkshire
DISTRICT: Calderdale
OS GRID REF. Coal Clough: SD 904 273 to 904 275
Paul Clough: SD 907 272 to 908 278
OS 1:50,000 Landranger 103 Blackburn and Burnley
OS 1:25,000 Explorer OL 21 South Pennines
BGS 1:50,000 Sheet 76 Rochdale
FIRST DESIGNATED by West Yorkshire RIGS Group in 1996
MOST RECENT SURVEY
SITE DESCRIPTION:
Paul and Coal Cloughs are two of many cloughs which drain down into the
Cliviger valley. They are steep-sided and narrow, with many rock outcrops
in the stream and on the valley sides. The Cliviger valley was overdeepened
by glacial meltwater at the end of the Devensian glacial period, which
has caused the tributary streams to cut deeply into the surrounding
Upper Carboniferous Millstone Grits and Coal Measures, giving excellent
exposures of sandstones and shales.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
 EDUCATIONAL VALUE:
The walk to Paul and Coal Cloughs is rewarded by extensive exposures
of Upper Carboniferous Westphalian (Coal Measures) and Namurian (Millstone
Grit) strata. The presence of marine bands containing well preserved
fossils is an additional interest. Suitable for small groups of secondary
and higher level students.
AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS:
There are dramatic views along the Cliviger Gorge.
ACCESS AND SAFETY:
Permission is required from Coal Clough Farm to visit Coal Clough. Paul
Clough is accessible by public footpath as far as Stiperden House Farm.
It is advisable to park in Cornholme and walk up Pudsey Clough to reach
the cloughs.
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