Permian sandstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire
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Permian sandstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 23 Nov 2018
This exposure is by the caves and tunnels of Lavington's Hole by Underhill Street in Bridgnorth. The Bridgnorth rock is a soft, brick red, commonly buff-mottled, Permian sandstone not widely used for building in comparison to the Carboniferous and Triassic red sandstones of the Shropshire and neighbouring counties.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.532958
Longitude
-2.417445