Geological Sites | Leeds
| Bradford | Calderdale
| Kirklees | Wakefield
 STATUS: RIGS
OTHER DESIGNATIONS:
COUNTY: West Yorkshire
DISTRICT: Leeds
OS GRID REF. SE 381 407
OS 1:50,000 Landranger 104 Leeds and Bradford
OS 1:25,000 EXPLORER 289 Leeds
BGS 1:50,000 Sheet 70 Leeds
FIRST DESIGNATED West Yorkshire RIGS Group in 1997
DATE OF MOST RECENT SURVEY December 2007 by West Yorkshire Geology Trust
SITE DESCRIPTION:
The quarry has an exposure of 2-3m of loose white and pink sandy rock
that displays cross lamination. The texture is sub-angular and the
rock contains muscovite so has been interpreted as the Rough Rock by
the British Geological Survey on Sheet 70 Leeds. The rest of the quarry
is too overgrown to see any exposures.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Remains of dwellings that were partly cut into the rock faces are still
visible.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE:
Suitable for secondary, further and higher education use to demonstrate
textures, lithology and structures. When considered with neighbouring
sites at Scarcroft Hill railway cutting and Hetchell Woods it forms
a distinctive part of the geological history of the area. It is valuable
to relate this site to the Permo-Carboniferous unconformity (see below).
AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS:
ACCESS AND SAFETY:
Part of the site can be viewed over a high wall from the road side which
is wide enough for parking. Access can be gained to workings further
back for which permission must be sought.
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