Wrens Nest NNR
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Wrens Nest NNR
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 24 Mar 2011
A path through the eastern limb of the anticline, formed from many beds of Silurian period Wenlock limestone. Rich in paleozoic fauna including the rare 'Dudley bug' a trilobite. Famous geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison studied the fossils here. The limestones were uplifted in the Caledonian and the Variscan orogenies (400 and 330ma).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.527455
Longitude
-2.092671