Detail of Brandon Marsh geology wall: Kenilworth sandstone with bricks from mudstone
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Detail of Brandon Marsh geology wall: Kenilworth sandstone with bricks from mudstone
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 4 May 2019
The geology wall at the Brandon Marsh nature reserve displays samples of geological formations found in Warwickshire, displayed in chronological order. These stones were formed 300-200 million years ago during the Permian and Triassic periods, when the land was desert, about 20-25 degrees north of the equator. Kenilworth sandstones date to the Permian, as do Kenilworth mudstones, which are represented here by the Cherry Orchard Kenilworth bricks, while the Leamington bricks represent Mercian mudstone of the later Triassic.
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