Limestone quarry, Wren's Nest
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Limestone quarry, Wren's Nest
Image: © Rudi Winter Taken: 8 Jun 2014
This ravine is a trench created by quarrying limestone from the Lower Quarried Limestone Member at Wren's Nest. To the left lies the (younger) Nodular Limestone Member, which wasn't quarried as it contains too much sandstone and would therefore have needed additional processing before it could be used in the iron smelting industry. These Silurian limestones were deposited while the area was in a shallow, tropical shelf sea. On the right lies the (older) Coalbrookdale Formation, a mudstone sediment deposited while this area was in deeper water in which shelly creatures couldn't live.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.527276
Longitude
-2.09267