Underfoot, former Barr Beacon Quarry
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Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 12 Apr 2014
On the right is a chunk of tree stem left behind from scrub clearance by volunteers from the Black Country Geological Society. On the left is a broken Bunter pebble in the cascade of stones from the Kidderminster Conglomerate. Frequently found in Warwickshire, I always imagined from their dark red and brown colours that they were of hard sandstone but I learnt here that they are of quartzite, metamorphosed sandstone, very hard, and the broken edges are extremely sharp, almost like flint.