Mylor Slate Formation outcrop
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Mylor Slate Formation outcrop
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 10 Sep 2019
The tip of Restronguet Point comprises outcrop of the Mylor Slates Formation, a group of siltstones and slates of Devonian age. They are obviously hard here, because Caloplaca lichens have found a good substrate and developed fine colour. If rock is too soft, the whole lot weathers faster than the lichen can grow. It made me happy to see this, as I was reminded of the hard rocks of Wales, and it was compensation for crawling through a web of mooring lines.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.194033
Longitude
-5.060015